Understanding Expository Text Structures

What is the text structure called that explains how or why something happened?

• Chronological text structure

• Cause and effect text structure

• Description text structure

• Sequence text structure

Which term refers to the most important point that an author makes about a topic in a text?

• Thesis statement

• Central idea

• Conclusion

• Claim

What is the text structure that presents facts, events, or details in the order in which they occurred in time?

• Compare and contrast text structure

• Problem and solution text structure

• Chronological text structure

• Sequence text structure

Which text structure explains similarities and differences between two or more things?

• Description text structure

• Cause and effect text structure

• Compare and contrast text structure

• Sequence text structure

What is the term for the order or pattern that a writer uses to organize information?

• Organizational structure

• Introduction

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

Which text structure presents a problem or series of problems with suggestions on how to solve them?

• Sequence text structure

• Problem and solution text structure

• Description text structure

• Cause and effect text structure

What is the text structure that presents steps in a process?

• Sequence text structure

• Chronological text structure

• Description text structure

• Compare and contrast text structure

What is the writer’s or speaker’s position on a debatable issue or problem called?

• Central idea

• Claim

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

What is the opening paragraph or section of a text known as?

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Thesis statement

• Central idea

Which statement shares the central idea of an essay?

• Conclusion

• Thesis statement

• Introduction

• Claim