Text Structure

Which text structure tells about events in time order?

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order

Which text structure explains an issue and gives us ways to fix it?

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

Which text structure tells how things are alike and different?

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

What is text structure?

• The way the text is organized

• The way the pictures are organized

• The title of the text

• A nonfiction text

Chronological text structure _______________.

• Tells what happened and why it happened.

• Gives a problem and describes how it can be/is solved.

• Tells the order events happened.

• Describes something

Cause and effect text structure _____________.

• Shows similarities and differences between things.

• Gives a problem and describes how it can be/is solved.

• Tells the order the events happened.

• Tells what happened and why it happened

Problem and solution text structure __________

• Gives a problem and describes how it can be or is solved.

• Tells the order the events happened

• Describes something

• Tells what happened and why it happened

Comparison and contrast text structure __________.

• Gives a problem and describes how it can be/is solved.

• Shows similarities/differences between two or more things.

• Tells the order events happened.

• Describes something.

This type of writing gives information step-by-step.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• chronological order

• compare & contrast

This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as fast as I could and thought that I was going to be late for sure, but when I got there everyone was outside and there were firetrucks all lined up in front of school. I guess somebody pulled the fire alarm before class started. It worked out though, because nobody really noticed or minded that I was tardy.

• Sequence/Chronological

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast