Nonfiction Text Structure Lesson

Today more people are connected to the internet than ever before, not only at home, but also on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Many of these people now get their news from the internet rather than reading newspapers. As a consequence, many newspapers have gone out of business. 

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Chronological Order

Some countries, such as Japan, or parts of a country, like California in the United States, have a lot of earthquakes. Therefore, it is a good practice to build houses and other buildings so they will not collapse when there is an earthquake. This is called seismic design or "earthquake-proofing".

This passage is an example of...

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order

• Problem and Solution

• Mansions

What text structure does the author use to organize the following text? There’s a reason why dogs are called “man’s best friend.” The good friendship that we have with dogs is thousands of years old and, as with most good friendships, was formed by mutual benefit. Dogs are of great value to people because they use their keen senses to detect threats and alert their owners by barking. You may find your dog’s yapping to be quite annoying, but under some circumstances it can be quite helpful. But people are of great value to dogs too. Dogs who live with people usually have easier access to food and a safer place to stay than they would on their own, and that truly is what friends are for.

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

If you don't like ketchup on a hamburger, ask them to leave it off.

Name this text structure.

• cause/effect

• description

• sequence

• problem/solution

A recipe is written in which text structure?

• description

• compare/contrast

• sequence

• problem/solution

Which text structure will include a lot of details and information?

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• sequence

• description

What is the overall structure?

• cause/effect

• compare/contrast

• problem/solution

• description

Writing that is true.

• Fiction

• Sonnet

• Nonfiction

• Free Verse

A pattern (text structure) in nonfiction in which the ideas are presented in order or step by step.

• Description

• Sequence

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

A pattern in nonfiction (text structure) that is presented between an event and why it happened.

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Sequence