Text Structure

How the author organizes the text is....

• the main idea

• the theme

• the problem

• the text structure

This text structure uses facts and descriptive details to describe a specific topic or idea.

• cause and effect

• descriptive

• compare and contrast

• sequential order

This text structure explains how something happens or is done, step-by-step.

• sequential order

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

This text structure explains a problem and shows how it can be or is resolved.

• descriptive

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• chronological order

What does text structure mean?

• information in the text

• the way the author organizes information in the text

• the way the author presents the information in the text.

• how the text is typed up.

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

This text structure shows how two topics are alike and different.

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• descriptive

• sequential order

This text structure describes what happens and why it happens.

• descriptive

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

This text structure presents information in time order.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological order

• descriptive

It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three huge scoops of ice cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice cream, there was a delicious banana and thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a plump and juicy cherry.

How is the information organized?

• sequential order

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• descriptive