Text Structure STAAR Reading Questions

What is the main idea title?

• What Should We Drink-Bottled or Tap Water

• Bottled Water Causes Many Problems

• People Consume More Bottled Water Than Ever

• Glub, Glub, Glub!

What is the main idea title?

• Let It Burn?

• Not All Fires Are Bad!

• What Are the Causes of Forest Fires?

• Only You Can Prevent Forest Fires!

What is the main idea title

• Who on Earth Would Want to Eat a Bug?

• Grasshoppers Take Over the Beef!

• Bugs Do a Body Good!

• What's for Dinner

Moths and butterflies often look similar. Both have large wings and long, thin bodies, and both start their lives as caterpillars. However, butterflies usually have brighter colors on their wings than moths. Also, butterflies are most active during the day, while moths are generally creatures of the night.

What is the text structure?

• Cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• description

• sequence

"The Mona Lisa is a painting by Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci. It was painted between 1503 and 1506. Today, it is thought to be the most well known painting in the world. You can see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France. About six million people view the famous painting each year."

What is the organizational pattern is used here?

• Description

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Compare/Contrast

Some of the students in room 52 were upset because they never got to use the balls and jump ropes at recess. Another group of kids always got them first and they refused to share. When Mrs. Kelly found out what was going on, she developed a rotation system so that everyone would have a chance to use the equipment.

What is the text structure?

• Problem/Solution

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Sequence

When farmers use fertilizer to fertilize their crops, the left over fertilizer can run into nearby ponds, streams and rivers. The result is that the nutrient-rich fertilizer causes way too much algae to grow. All that algae is bad for the plants and animals that live there.
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What is the text structure?

• Problem/Solution
• Compare/Contrast
• Cause/Effect
• Sequence

The capybara is the world's largest rodents. Capybaras can weigh up to 145 pounds (66 kg). They love the water and spend most of their time in swamps, ponds, and rivers. If you want to see a capybara in the wild, you will need to go to Central or South America.

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What is the text structure?

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Sequence

You are the author and you want to...
Describe the solutions environmentalists are trying to help protect penguins.
Which text structure would you choose?

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution

You are the author and you want to...

Describe how different species of penguins are affected by global warming.

Which text structure would you choose?

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast