Reading Comprehension Structure

In which text structure would you find the signal words, "as a result of" and "due to"?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Description

4. According to the diagram, this image is...

• comparing the size of two different sharks

• contrasting how two different types of sharks look

• comparing an adolescent shark to an adult shark

• illustrating that Great White sharks are the largest type of shark

14. Choose the correct text structure.

• cause and effect

• description

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

This text structure is used to tell us how 2 or more items are alike and also different.

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

• Description

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

12. Choose the correct text structure.

• order and sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.

• therefore, cause, effect, consequently
• similar, different, common, on the other hand
• possibility, struggle, hope, problem

A hurricane blew the roof off the house. As a result, the family had no place to live.

• Cause and effect

• Compare and contrast

• sequence

• description

Which text structure describes similarities and differences between two or more topics?

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• sequence

• compare and contrast

9. Text structure that provides steps in a procedure or events in chronological order is:

• order and sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Which text structure is this? Ideas, events, or facts are presented as causes in relation to the resulting outcomes.

• description

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• sequence