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Shows the relationship between what happened and why

• Descriptive

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Sequential

Describes a topic, idea, person, or thing by giving specific information about it

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Sequential

• Descriptive

Shows how two or more things are like and how they are different

• Sequential

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

Explains events or steps in order to tell how something is down or how something happens

• Descriptive

• Sequential

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

Discusses a problem and gives possible solutions to fix the problem

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Sequential

Provides information about a topic

• Sequential

• Cause/Effect

• Descriptive

• Problem/Solution

A sequence of events or a list of steps in a procedure

• Sequential

• Descriptive

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

Supporting details state the causes of the topic or supporting details state the effects

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Sequential

The author shows how two or more things are similar or different

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Descriptive

The main idea is stated as the problem and the supporting details state the solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Sequential