Nonfiction Organizational Patterns

This organizational pattern tells what is the conflict, or problem, and how it was resolved.

• Main Ideas & Supporting Details

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological / Sequence

• Cause & Effect

"First, second, following, and finally" are used with __________.

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological / Sequence

There was a mean teacher named Mr. Meanie Mc Meanieface. Every time he would yell, he would make students would cry. What organizational pattern could be used in this scenario?

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

• Description

Similarities between two or more things 

• Cause 
• Contrast
• Problem 
• Compare

The organizational pattern shows events taking place over time.

• Chronological / Sequence

• Description

• Cause & Effect

• Question & Answer

"Issue, as a result, problem, and so" is used in _______.

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Question & Answer

Mavis is seventeen years old. She loves to read but she also likes to perform in musicals and to sing. If you were comparing details about Mavis' life, what organizational pattern can you use?

• Chronological / Sequence

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

Differences between two or more things 

• Solution 
• Compare 
• Cause 
• Contrast

The organizational pattern is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happens is ________.

• Problem & Solution

• Question & Answer

• Chronological / Sequence

• Cause & Effect

Look at the picture. What organizational pattern can be used to show what is happening?

• Chronological / Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

• Question & Answer

• Cause & Effect