Study Guide Unit 2

What type of text structure is used when the author presents a problem and offers a solution?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

What signal words might indicate a sequence or chronological text structure?

• Because, therefore

• First, next, then

• On the other hand, however

• As a result, consequently

If a text compares and contrasts two characters, which text structure is most likely being used?

• Problem and Solution

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

Which of the following would be an example of a text with a description structure?

• A news article about a recent event

• A recipe explaining how to bake a cake

• A story about a character’s adventure

• A paragraph describing the setting of a story

What is the author’s purpose if they are writing an article that explains how rain forms?

• To persuade

• To entertain

• To inform

An author writes a short story about a young girl’s journey to find a lost dog. What is most likely the author’s purpose?

• To persuade

• To inform

• To entertain

• To express feelings

If an author writes an editorial about why students should have later school start times, what is the author’s purpose?

• To inform

• To persuade

• To entertain

• To express emotions

Which of the following might suggest the author's purpose is to express emotions?

• A) A poem about the beauty of nature

• B) A magazine article about the benefits of exercise

• C) A news report on a natural disaster

• D) A recipe for baking a cake

Which rhetorical device is used in the phrase “The classroom was a zoo”?

• Simile

• Hyperbole

• Metaphor

• Personification

Which of these is an example of alliteration?

• “She sells seashells by the seashore.”

• “The wind howled through the trees.”

• “It was a bright, beautiful day.”

• “The classroom was as quiet as a mouse.”