Text Structures

Key words are: because, if, when, so, as a result

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological Order

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive

Which type of text structure is the following book probably written in?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequencing/ Chronological Order

Which text structure tells how things are alike and different?

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

how an author organizes a text

• text evidence

• text feature

• texting

• text structure

Porpoises and dolphins are fascinating and beautiful sea creatures. Both porpoises and dolphins have teeth. However, porpoise teeth are shaped differently than dolphin teeth.

• Sequence

• Cause & Effect

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

Which text structure tells what happened and explains why it happened?

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Main Idea and Details

• Problem and Solution

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

This text structure tells what is the conflict, or problem, and how it was resolved.

• Compare & Contrast

• Description

• Sequence

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

This text structure explains "how are things in the text similar or different."

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

• Description

Which text structure explains an issue and gives us ways to fix it?

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological