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Name this text structure:
Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem.

• Cause and Effect
• Description
• Problem and Solution
• Sequential

What's the problem?
Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem.

• People
• Chimpanzees
• People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands
• Wild chimpanzees are disappearing

What's the solution?
Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem.

• Many people working together
• Save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live
• Chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos
• Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing

Name this text structure:
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.

• Compare and Contrast
• Problem and Solution
• Description
• Cause and Effect

What's being compared and contrasted?
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.

• Chimpanzees
• Adult chimpanzees and baby chimpanzees
• Chimpanzees and humans
• Height and weight of chimpanzees

How are Chimpanzees and Humans alike?
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.

• A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it
• Adult male chimpanzees are stronger than humans
• A chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall
• Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways.

How are Chimpanzees and Humans different?
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.

• After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up
• Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways
• Chimpanzees are stronger than humans
• Six feet tall

Name this text structure:
Chimps live in groups and like each other a lot, but sometimes they fight. Because they don’t want to stay angry at each other after a fight, they make up by holding a hand out to the other and kissing. They show they are sorry with pats and hugs. Then the anger goes away.

• Problem and Solution
• Description
• Sequence
• Cause and Effect

Which detail shows that the passage below is cause and effect?
Chimps live in groups and like each other a lot, but sometimes they fight. Because they don’t want to stay angry at each other after a fight, they make up by holding a hand out to the other and kissing. They show they are sorry with pats and hugs. Then the anger goes away.

• Chimps live in groups and like each other a lot
• Because they don't want to stay angry at each other after a fight, they make up
• The anger goes away
• Sometimes they fight

Name this text structure:
A chimpanzee’s body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch of tree.

• Sequence
• Description
• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast