Analyzing the Structure an Author Uses to Organize a Text

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

What text structure would an author use when writing about the life of Henry Ford?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order/ Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

What text structure would an author use when writing about an endangered species and how we can save it from extinction?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Problem and Solution

What text structure would an author use when informing the reader about dolphins?

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Chronological Order/ Sequence

• Problem and Solution

What text structure would an author use when explaining the differences between four types of trees?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order/ Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a cause and effect passage?

• Similarly

• For Example

• As a Result

• Finally

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a compare and contrast passage?

• Similarly

• As a Result

• For Example

• Finally

Which word or phrase is an author most likely to use when writing a problem and solution text?

• First

• For example

• On the other hand

• Dilemma

In a text with a sequence text structure, the author

• describes a topic and its characteristics.

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

In a text with a compare and contrast text structure, the author

• explains something that happened and the reasons why.

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.