Informational Text Structure

You've read about the size and description of a polar bear. The article also explains their diet and habitat. This text is...

• Order & Sequence
• Compare/Contrast
• Cause & Effect 
• Description

Ray forgot to charge his iPad. As a result, his iPad was dead the next day. 
What is the Cause? What is the Effect? 

• Cause: Ray's iPad was dead.
  Effect: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.
• Cause: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.
  Effect: Ray's iPad was dead.

The following words are signals for what type of text structure: first, next, then, after that?

• Compare/Contrast
• Sequence
• Cause/Effect
• Problem & Solution

What type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological

• Compare/Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

A teacher wants you to explain the similarities and differences of air pollution and water pollution. You would use what text structure?

• Compare/Contrast
• Description
• Order & Sequence
• Cause & Effect

A starfish begins as an egg then later turns into a larva. This text structure is... 

• Description
• Compare/Contrast
• Sequence
• Problem & Solution

Which type of text structure describes events in sequential order?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits that grow on trees, they are different colors and have very different tastes.

• Order & Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

• Compare & Contrast

The sun shone bright yellow in a cloudless blue sky. A faint haze rose from the glistening pavement, suggesting steam rising off a hot surface.

• description

• compare & contrast

• order & sequence

• problem & solution

The boy tripped over a rock. When he fell, his jeans ripped. This text structure is...

• Compare/Contrast
• Sequence
• Cause & Effect
• Problem & Solution