Nonfiction Organizational Patterns

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This organizational pattern is "how are things in the text similar or different."

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Compare & Contrast

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

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Cause & Effect

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

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Problem & Solution

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The organizational pattern shows events taking place over time.

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Chronological / Sequence

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"Similar, same, alike, both, on the other hand, instead" are signal words for ________.

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Compare & Contrast

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

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Chronological / Sequence

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"Issue, as a result, problem, and so" are signal words used in _______.

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Problem & Solution

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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?

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Compare & Contrast

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"Therefore, then, leads to, and since" are signal words used in what organizational pattern?

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Cause & Effect

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Similarities between two or more things

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Compare