Text Structures

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Describe a problem that teenagers face in their daily lives, and explain how they can overcome it?

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Identify a societal issue that has been widely discussed in the news, and describe the root causes behind it.

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Select a scientific phenomenon or a historical event that interests you and write an informative essay explaining it in detail.

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Select a current scientific discovery or technological innovation that has the potential to transform the world.

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Pick a historical event that has had a significant impact on society, and describe the sequence of events leading up to the event.

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Choose a personal experience that has had a significant impact on your life and describe the events leading up to it. Explain how the experience unfolded, the key moments and people involved, and any challenges or obstacles you faced. Consider how the experience changed you as a person and what you learned from it.

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What Type of Text Structure Best Fits This Prompt?:

Select two movies that share a similar theme, and write an essay that analyzes the differences and similarities between them. Consider the plot, characters, setting, and themes of each movie, and explain how they are alike or different. You may also explore how the movies use different cinematic techniques to convey their messages. Use specific examples from the movies to support your arguments, and make sure to explain the significance of the similarities and differences you identify.

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronoological

• Compare/Contrast

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Green turtles live in the ocean. People used to hunt them to make turtle soup, as well as for their meat. They also were hunted because people wanted to use their skin for leather. As a result, the green turtle population is much lower than it used to be.

What is the text structure?

• Descriptitve

• Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Arizona is home to one of the world's greatest natural wonders, the Grand Canyon. About 5 million people visit Grand Canyon National Park each year. The Grand Canyon formed over 3 to 6 million years ago by the rushing waters of the Colorado River. Even more, it reaches about one mile deep!

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Description

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The Tyrannosaurus rex was one of the largest meat-eating dinosaurs. The T-Rex ate its prey whole. It even crushed and swallowed the bones. The T-Rex was so big that it could eat up to 500 pounds of meat in one bite. The T-Rex lived in North America. It has been extinct for 65 million years.

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5