Text Structures

The text structure that shows events taking place over time or gives steps is... 

• Chronological

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• Cause and Effect

• Question and Answer

Such as, for instance, in addition, for example are signal words for ...

• Problem and Solution

• Comparison

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• Question and Answer

"First, second, following, and finally" are used with ...

• Description

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

Therefore, then, leads to, and since are used in the text structure...

• Question and Answer

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• Cause and Effect

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"Issue, as a result, problem, and so" is used in ...

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Problem and Solution

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how two ore more topics or ideas are similar or different

• sequence

• descriptive

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

key words: because of this, so that, this led to

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause and effect

key words: first, next, then, finally

• descriptive

• sequence

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key words: on the other hand, unlike, like, difference, same as

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

a problem, attempted solutions

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• descriptive