Nonfiction Text Structure

Which text structure might use words like SIMILAR, DIFFERENT, BOTH, COMMON, SHARE, UNLIKE

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

When the author explains why something happens or explains the effects of something, what text structure are they using?

• Problem and Solution

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

Which text structure does this graphic organizer help with?

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

What is the text structure?

• Problem/solution

• Cause/Effect

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Sequence

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

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• order & sequence

• compare & contrast

Which Text Structure would include something bad happening and how to fix it?

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution

First, put your hands in the water. Then soap your hands for 1 minute. Next rinse your hands well. Finally dry your hands.

This is which Text Structure?

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence

If I told you about how a lion and a tiger were different, which text structure would I use?

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

It rained which caused the grass to grow, the street to flood and a rainbow to appear.

Which Text Structure is this?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Description

The school hallway carried the smell of wax, varnish, and cleaning supplies. Bright, yellow light glared into the hall through the freshly cleaned windows. This highlighted the deep scrapes in the lockers, the chips in the wall tiles, and the spider webs hanging in the corner.

What is the text structure?

• description

• compare and contrast

• sequence

• problem and solution

• cause and effect