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Text Structure practice

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What text structure explains or describes similarities and differences between 2 or more topics or concepts?
a)
description / main idea
b)
chronological/ sequential order
c)
problem / solution
d)
compare / contrast
2.
What text structure explains or describes an issue and offers an answer or answers?
a)
description / main idea
b)
chronological/ sequential order
c)
problem / solution
d)
cause / effect
3.
What text structure explains or describes how events happen in order from the beginning to the end (first to last)?
a)
chronological/ sequential order
b)
problem/ solution
c)
cause / effect
d)
compare / contrast
4.
What text structure explains or describes how 1 event leads to another event?
a)
chronological/ sequential order
b)
problem / solution
c)
comparison/ contrast
d)
cause / effect
5.
Choose the clue words that indicate cause and effect.
a)
next, after, then, first, last
b)
struggle, promise, problem, solution
c)
consequently, as a result of, so, therefore
d)
similar, common, compare, contrast
6.
Choose the clue words that indicate compare and contrast.
a)
therefore, cause, effect, consequently
b)
later, then, next, Monday
c)
similar, different, common, on the other hand
d)
possibility, struggle, hope, problem
7.
Choose the clue words that indicate problem and solution.
a)
first, last, next, after
b)
cause, as a result of, consequently
c)
compare, similar, both, alike
d)
threat, difficulty, possibility, hope
8.
Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.
a)
first, next, finally, 8:30, after
b)
cause, effect, as a result of, because
c)
problem, solution, promise, struggle
d)
compare, contrast, similar, different
9.

Which text structure does this passage represent?


The best time to visit the Rocky Mountains is early fall. The weather is cooler in the fall than in the summer. You will see fewer people and more animals. The fall colors are more beautiful.

a)

Comparison and Contrast

b)

Cause and Effect

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Generalization

10.

Which text structure does this passage represent?


It rained for the first few days of the camping trip. As a result, most of the campers were restless and wanted to go home.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Problem and Solution

c)

Chronological Order

d)

Cause and Effect

11.

Which text structure is represented here?


The city of Taylor has fifteen public swimming pools. In the past, plenty of lifeguards have been available for staffing the pools throughout the summer. Most of the lifeguards were teenagers out of school for the summer. This year, however, not enough lifeguards have signed up to work. The city has started asking healthy retired people to be lifeguards. They will be trained by the city for free if they will agree to work 10 hours per week at a city pool. They will be paid $8 an hour for their work.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Cause and Effect

c)

Sequence/Process

d)

Problem and Solution

12.

Which text structure is represented here?


First, Rhett was late getting to school. Then, he lost his homework. A few minutes later, the teacher asked him to clean out his desk. Now Rhett thinks it will be a bad day.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Sequence/Process

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Cause and Effect

13.

Which text structure is best represented here?


Climate change poses potentially devastating effects on the environment and people’s lives all over the world. Not only are temperatures rising due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, climate change also is creating a rise in sea level and a decline in glaciers. Climate changes are producing more drought, intensified flooding, increased hurricane intensity, and other extreme weather events that put people at risk.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Chronological

c)

Sequence/Process

d)

Cause and Effect

14.

Which text structure is best represented here?


Climate change poses potentially devastating effects on the environment and people’s lives all over the world. Not only are temperatures rising due to increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, climate change also is creating a rise in sea level and a decline in glaciers. Climate changes are producing more drought, intensified flooding, increased hurricane intensity, and other extreme weather events that put people at risk.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Chronological

c)

Sequence/Process

d)

Cause and Effect

15.

The ice-cream shop around the corner from my house has the best ice-cream in the city. When you first walk inside, there is a long chrome counter with matching stools extending to alongside the far wall. Right where the counter stops, the booth seating begins. There are lots of old-timey knickknacks on the walls and chrome napkin holders on all the tables. My favorite part of the shop is behind the counter glass, where they keep all of the ice-cream flavors. A rainbow of delicious sugary flavors is kept cool and delicious behind the counter glass.

a)

Cause and Effect

b)

Problem and Solution

c)

Descriptive

d)

Sequence

16.

Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by the dilation of a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns.

a)

Problem and Solution

b)

Compare and Contrast

c)

Sequence

d)

Cause and Effect

17.

When it comes to making ice-cream, you can do it the traditional way, by stirring it in a frozen container, or you can use liquid nitrogen to freeze your mixture. There are some advantages to using liquid nitrogen. Since liquid nitrogen freezes the mixture faster, the crystal grains are smaller, giving the ice-cream a creamier texture. The downside is that ice-crystals grow faster in ice-cream prepared using liquid nitrogen, so it must be stored at much colder temperatures. Both methods produce a distinct texture, and both are delicious.

a)

Descriptive

b)

Compare and Contrast

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Sequence

18.

It was the most beautiful banana split that I had ever seen. In the middle of the bowl, there were three scoops of ice-cream: chocolate, strawberry, and vanilla. On top of the ice-cream were a banana and a thick web of chocolate and caramel sauces. A huge puff of whipped cream covered the sauces and a handful of crushed nuts dappled the whipped cream. On top of it all was a cherry, but I’ve never liked the soggy squish of cherries.

a)

Chronological

b)

Sequence

c)

Cause and Effect

d)

Descriptive

19.

Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn.

a)

Compare and Contrast

b)

Cause and Effect

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Sequence

20.

Explains how something happens or is done, step-by-step

a)

Chronological

b)

Sequence

c)

Problem and Solution

d)

Descriptive