Informational Text Structure

This type of writing considers similarities and differences.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• cause & effect

Every morning, I wake up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• problem & solution

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 makes problem and solution different from cause and effect?

• Problem and solution shows what happened and why it happened.

• Problem and solution offers a solution while cause and effect doesn't.

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 type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

Which type of text structure describes events in sequential order?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological

What is text structure?

• The beginning, middle and end of a story

• description

• The way the author set up the text so the reader can understand the topic.

• The structure of a building

An author uses this text structure to describe one thing or person's features or characteristics.

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure is defined below?

Authors present information about events or steps in a process, in the order in which they take or have taken place.

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast