Understanding Text Structures

What is text structure?

• The way an author tells a story.

• The way an author organizes information in a text.

• The way an author uses pictures in a book.

• The way an author writes poems.

Why is it helpful for readers to understand text structure?

• It helps them find the pictures in the book.

• It helps them know what the author is thinking.

• It helps them focus on important ideas and understand what they read.

• It helps them write their own stories better.

Which text structure helps an author describe a topic by listing its characteristics, features, and examples?

• Chronological Sequence

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

What is the main goal of a text that uses the description structure?

• To tell a story about a topic.

• To inform the reader about a specific topic.

• To show how two things are different.

• To explain why something happened.

Which text structure tells about events in the order they happened?

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Sequence

• Cause and Effect

Which word is a signal that a text is using a chronological sequence structure?

• Similarly

• Because

• Finally

• For example

What is the purpose of a text that uses the compare and contrast structure?

• To describe a single topic in detail.

• To show how one event leads to another.

• To explain the relationship between two or more things.

• To list steps in a process.

Which text structure explains how one event or idea causes another to happen?

• Description

• Chronological Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

What is the main purpose of a "Cause and Effect" text structure?

• To tell a story in order.

• To describe how one thing makes another thing happen.

• To compare two different things.

• To list many different facts.

Which word is a signal word for a "Cause and Effect" text structure?

• Similarly

• However

• Therefore

• In contrast