Text Structure Chronological Order

Which of the texts below use chronological order as their primary structure.

• A sticky note

• A booklet

• Timeline

True or False: Chronological Order means that events are randomly placed together

• True

• False

Which of these types of film would most likely use chronological order?

• Shark Week

• Documentaries

• The Act of Voting

• Chronological
• Sequence
• Compare & Contrast
• Problem Solution

• Chronological
• Sequence
• Compare & Contrast
• Problem Solution

Chronological order has to do with

• description

• problems and solutions

• comparing and contrasting

• time

When are writers MORE LIKELY to use chronological order?

• to describe objects in a room

• to explain a process or how to do something

• to compare two or more similar things

• to convince people to believe an idea

Two other names for chronological order are

• final cause

• time order

• initial cause

• sequencial order

Draw a flow chart that we use when we put information in chronological order.

If you're going to tell someone about your week, does it make sense to use chronological order?

• Yes

• No