Compare and Contrast Informational Text

The following words are signals for what type of text structure: similarly, alike, unlike, although, and both?

• Compare/Contrast

• Sequence

• Cause/Effect

• Problem & Solution

What text structure would a Venn Diagram go with?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Drake's new album "More Life" came out. You wanted to write about how it is similar and different from his Album "Views". Which text structure would you use to write this?

• Sequence

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

What type of text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

What genre is informational text?

• Fiction

• Non-Fiction

• Fantasy

• Fiction-Non

Why do we study non-fiction text structure?

• We try to understand the lesson the author has learned.

• Each passage is built different in order to get its point across.

• All stories have different characters and settings.

What text structure organizes the text by explaining how things are alike and different?

• cause and effect

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• description

Which of the following words is commonly used in a compare and contrast text structure?

• A) Therefore

• B) Similarly

• C) Consequently

• D) Firstly

What is the primary purpose of a compare and contrast text?

• A) To entertain the reader

• B) To describe a sequence of events

• C) To show similarities and differences

• D) To solve a problem

In a compare and contrast essay, which of the following is a common organizational pattern?

• A) Chronological order

• B) Point-by-point

• C) Cause and effect

• D) Problem and solution