Understanding Text Structures

What is the main purpose of understanding text structure?

• To make texts longer.

• To help authors write faster.

• To help readers understand how writers organize ideas.

• To make texts more physical.

Which of the following is NOT one of the five text structures discussed?

• Chronology

• Compare and Contrast

• Opinion and Fact

• Cause and Effect

What does the text structure "Chronology" primarily focus on?

• Comparing two different ideas.

• Describing events in the order they happened.

• Explaining why something happened.

• Presenting a problem and its solution.

Which type of words would you most likely find in a text using a chronological structure?

• Similar, different, both

• Problem, solution, because

• First, next, finally

• Therefore, as a result, since

When a text uses a "Compare and Contrast" structure, what is its main goal?

• To tell a story from history.

• To explain how one event leads to another.

• To show similarities and differences between ideas.

• To describe a topic using sensory details.

A text discussing the benefits and drawbacks of deep-dish pizza versus thin-crust pizza is an example of which text structure?

• Chronology

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

What does a "Cause and Effect" text structure explain?

• The sequence of events over time.

• How one idea or event makes another happen.

• The physical appearance of a subject.

• A challenge and its resolution.

If a text describes someone who cannot eat wheat but wants pizza, and then explains how cauliflower crust pizza was invented to solve this, what text structure is being used?

• Description

• Chronology

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure is similar to an encyclopedia entry, providing basic information about a topic?

• Chronology

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Problem and Solution

What strategy is suggested to help identify the structure of an informational text?

• Read the text backward.

• Focus only on the pictures.

• Subtract the specific details and think about the general structure.

• Ask a friend to explain it.