Text Structure and Organization

What is the organizational text structure Cause and Effect?

• Why something happened and the result of it happening.
• describes the order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

What is the organizational text structure Sequential Order?

• Why something happened and the result of it happening.
• describes the order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

What is the organizational text structure Description?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
• describes the order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

What is the organizational text structure Compare & Contrast?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
• shows how two or more things are alike and/or different
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

What is the organizational text structure Chronological Order?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
• shows how two or more things are alike and/or different
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

What is the organizational text structure Main Idea and Details?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples
• shows how two or more things are alike and/or different
• time order in which events occur
• key concept and information that supports the concept

What questions does the  organizational text structure Cause and Effect answer?

• Why did something happen?  What were the results of it happening?
• What steps are listed?  Do the steps have to happen in a particular order?
• What is being described?  What does it look like?  How is it being described?
• How are the two things alike?  How are they different?  What do they have in common?

What questions does the  organizational text structure Sequential Order answer?

• Why did something happen?  What were the results of it happening?
• What steps are listed?  Do the steps have to happen in a particular order?
• What is being described?  What does it look like?  How is it being described?
• How are the two things alike?  How are they different?  What do they have in common?

What questions does the  organizational text structure Description answer?

• Why did something happen?  What were the results of it happening?
• What steps are listed?  Do the steps have to happen in a particular order?
• What is being described?  What does it look like?  How is it being described?
• How are the two things alike?  How are they different?  What do they have in common?

What questions does the  organizational text structure Compare & Contrast answer?

• Why did something happen?  What were the results of it happening?
• What steps are listed?  Do the steps have to happen in a particular order?
• What is being described?  What does it look like?  How is it being described?
• How are the two things alike?  How are they different?  What do they have in common?