Nonfiction Text Structure & Author's Purpose/Tone

Which text structure best describes this passage?

To skip the trouble of using a baking dish for meals, people created thick, dry mixtures of flour and water whose simple purpose was to hold the "pie" filling (usually meat) while it was baking.

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What cue word best reveals this text structure?

To skip the trouble of using a baking dish for meals, people created thick, dry mixtures of flour and water whose simple purpose was to hold the "pie" filling (usually meat) while it was baking.

• Trouble

• Baking

• Purpose

• Filling

What text structure best describes this passage?

These early pie crusts were much too tough for wealthy people to enjoy as food, but they were often given to servants and beggars, who were thankful for any food they could get.

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What are the two topics in this passage?

These early pie crusts were much too tough for wealthy people to enjoy as food, but they were often given to servants and beggars, who were thankful for any food they could get.

• a. Pie crusts and food

• b. Servants and beggars

• c. Pie and rich people

• d. Rich and poor people

Which text structure best describes this passage?

Pies weren't just for eating; they also served as entertainment. In possibly the craziest type of pie stunt, a chef would back an enormous pie crust and insert a person, who would then pop out and perform a dance!

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What is first event that happens?

Pies weren't just for eating; they also served as entertainment. In possibly the craziest type of pie stunt, a chef would back an enormous pie crust and insert a person, who would then pop out and perform a dance!

• Pies weren’t just for eating.

• A chef would bake an enormous pie crust.

• He would then insert a person.

• The person would pop out and perform a dance.

What text structure best describes this passage?

Pies became extremely popular, but they didn't truly become the delicious desserts we recognize today until the 1500s, when people started to sweeten (and eat) pie crusts.

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What caused pies to become delicious desserts?

Pies became extremely popular, but they didn't truly become the delicious desserts we recognize today until the 1500s, when people started to sweeten (and eat) pie crusts.

• They became extremely popular.

• They are recognized today.

• People started to sweeten and eat the crusts.

• People ate them during the 1500’s.

Which text structure best describes this passage?

One of the first "pies" in America was probably created by the Pilgrims. Many historians believe they filled stewed pumpkins with honey, milk, and spices, roasting them to create a sweet dessert.

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What is the main topic of this passage?

One of the first "pies" in America was probably created by the Pilgrims. Many historians believe they filled stewed pumpkins with honey, milk, and spices, roasting them to create a sweet dessert.

• The pilgrims

• The first American pies

• Honey and spices

• Sweet desserts