Text Structure Examples

Which text structure includes signal words:
-so that
-question/answer
- puzzle is solved

• cause and effect

• description

• chronological

• problem and solution

The author describes a topic by listing characteristics and examples.

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Description

What is description  text structure?

• a text structure that shows how two or more  things are different or similar

• a text structure that provides details and  examples to explain a topic

• a text structure that presents information from most important to least important

• a text structure that presents events in the order  they occur

I do my chores each Saturday.

First, I fold the laundry and put it away.

Then I sweep and mop the kitchen floor.

After that, I empty all the garbage cans and

the recycling. Finally, when all of my chores are

finished, I can go outside to play.

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• despriction

• sequence

What is the organizational text structure Sequence/Chronological Order?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples

• shows how two or more things are alike and/or different

• time order in which events occur

• key concept and information that supports the concept

Which text structure includes signal words:
-both
-alike
-different
-yet

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• comparison

• sequence

The author lists events in chronological order, either explicitly or implicitly.

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• chronological

• comparison

The author presents events or facts as causes and resulting effects.

• Problem and solution

• Comparison

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

Which text structure includes signal words:
- for example
- is like
- including

• Comparison

• Description

• Sequence

• Cause and Effect

The author presents a problem and solution to the problem.

• problem and solution

• comparison

• cause and effect

• description