Text Structure

This text feature tells what effects will happen

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text feature usually has a timeline with dates in it

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text feature tells why something happened and what caused it to happen.

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text feature gives lots of solutions to a problem

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text structure is the most common

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text feature tells how a problem is solved

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text feature tells something that happened and why

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

This text feature tells why something happens

• descriptive

• sequence

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

Identify the text structure below: Prerau has studied the effects of daylight saving time on traffic accidents and street crime: both decreased. Voter turnout increased. He also found that people would stay awake an extra hour to watch their favorite TV programs

• Chronological

• Cause Effect

• Compare Contrast

• Sequence

Identify the text structure below:

Almost exactly a year ago, Florida State Senator Greg Steube left the barbershop with more than a haircut. The woman giving him a trim complained that after the recent time change, her kids' schedules were off. Other customers had different objections to moving clocks back an hour. Then someone Googled why so many of us "spring forward" in March and "fall back" in November to observe daylight saving time.

• Compare Contrast

• Spatial / Descritption

• Chronological

• Sequence