Text Structures and Text Features Quiz

Information is organized by time order

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronological order

• Compare/

  Contrast

Something difficult is presented and resolved

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronological order

• Compare/Contrast

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

Differences and similarities between two or more things

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronological order

• Compare/ Contrast

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

NGSS.MS-LS4-3

An action and its “effect” is described

• Problem/Solution

• Cause/Effect

• Chronological order

• Compare/Contrast

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors. Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate. Though both of these flavors are delicious, the strawberry flavor may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not.

• compare and contrast

• chronological order

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

. Freezer burn wastes lots of ice-cream. If you don't know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn. What is the text structure of the passage?

• problem/solution

• compare/contrast

• descriptive

• cause/effect

No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in "Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts," a cookbook that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled!

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• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That's when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by the dilation of a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

• description

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• chronological.

• cause/effect

One time my mom and I made ice-cream. We added sugar and cream into a big glass bowl. We kept it frozen in the middle of a bigger glass bowl. While it froze, I stirred the mixture with a hand mixer. It was the first time that I had used one and it splattered ice-cream mixture all over the kitchen. The rest of the mixture finally froze, so we ate some ice cream, and then put the remaining portions in the freezer preventing it from freezer burn. That was a good day. __________________________________________

• Chronological Order

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• description

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

When it comes to making ice-cream, you can do it the traditional way, by stirring it in a frozen container, or you can use liquid nitrogen to freeze your mixture. There are some advantages to using liquid nitrogen. Since liquid nitrogen freezes the mixture faster, the crystal grains are smaller, giving the ice-cream a creamier texture. The downside is that ice-crystals grow faster in ice-cream prepared using liquid nitrogen, so it must be stored at much colder temperatures. Both methods produce a distinct texture, and both are delicious.

• Comparison and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS3-4