Text Structures

What is it called when the author uses text that describes an issue and offers one or more solutions?

• Cause and effect

• Sequence

• Compare and contrast

• Problem & Solution

The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happens is..

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Cause & Effect

• Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

Which key words might be found in a text written in sequence?

• First

• Unlike

• Finally

• Next

• result

Sea otters are the only marine mammals that don't rely on blubber to stay warm, but they stay busy hunting. Sea otters have the densest fur of any creature on the planet. A sea otter's impenetrable under-fur has about 1 million hairs per square inch; a dog's coat, in comparison, has about 60,000 hairs in the same space and a human has about 2,200 strands.

• problem and solution

• description

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not. Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive

It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three scoops of ice-cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice-cream were a banana and a thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a cherry, but I’ve never liked the soggy squish of cherries.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological / sequence

• problem and solution

• descriptive

Which structure tells the order that events occur?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive

Key words are: however, similarly, like, unlike

• Chronological Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

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

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological Order

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive

Key words are: first, next, then, last, years, numbers

• Chronological Order

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive