Informational Structure

____________ is about two topics and explores what is the same and different about the two.

• Compare and contrast text

• Problem and solution text

• Sequence text

• Cause and Effect Text

Which text structure tells the order in which events occur or the steps in a process?

• Description

• Cause/Effect

• First/Last

• Chronological/Sequence

____________ is all about one topic - can explain how something works, what it looks like, the history of it, how it is used, what it is made of, how tall it is and more!

• Compare and contrast text

• Description text

• Problem and solution text

• Sequence text

the author gives information about a problem and explains one or more solutions

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Order and Sequence

This text structure provides details or characteristics of a topic. 

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Sequence

What is text structure?

• The beginning, middle and end of a story

• description

• The way the author set up the text so the reader can understand the topic.

• The structure of a building

Which text structure provides details or characteristics about a topic?

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

Which key words from the last paragraph indicate that the structure is cause and effect?

• before, next, finally

• folded, trapped, builds

• being, when, away

• consequently, because, resulting

What text structure would a Venn Diagram go with?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure would use these signal words?

since, because, causes, leads to, then, therefore, as a result

• Compare and Contrast

• Order and Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect