Author’s Use of Text Structure and Word Choice

Authors use different text structures to ___________________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add visuals to their writing

Which text structure would an author use when writing about the life of Jessie Jackson?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological / Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Which text structure would an author use when writing about the many factors that started the Civil War?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological / Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Which 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

Which text structure would an author use when informing the reader about mole rats?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological / Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

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

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological / Sequence

• Problem and Solution

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

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

To tell about how batteries can leak toxic materials when they are thrown in the trash and what people can do to recycle them properly...

Which text structure would you use?

• Description

• Chronological / Sequence

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

To look at the life cycle of a poison dart frog...

Which text structure would you use?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Chronological / Sequence

• Description

To describe how skipping breakfast leads to less energy in the day and overeating...

Which text structure would you use?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Description