Text Structure Vocabulary

Which text structure provides details or characteristics about a topic?

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological/sequence

• compare/contrast

• description

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

Which text structure tells what happened and why it happened?

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological/sequence

• compare/contrast

• description

Which text structure provides a problem and describes how it can be or is solved?

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological/sequence

• compare/contrast

• description

Which text structure tells the order in which events occur or steps in a process?

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological/sequence

• compare/contrast

• description

Which text structure shows similarities and differences between two or more things?

• cause/effect

• problem/solution

• chronological/sequence

• compare/contrast

• description

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

Which clue words or phrases would an author most likely use when writing a cause/effect passage?

• first, next, then, last, year, dates

• as a result, because, when, if, then, consequently

• problem, solution, resolution, dilemma

• on the other hand, similarly, like, unlike, however

• for example, in fact, for instance, most importantly

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

Which clue words or phrases would an author most likely use when writing a description passage?

• first, next, then, last, year, dates

• as a result, because, when, if, then, consequently

• problem, solution, resolution, dilemma

• on the other hand, similarly, like, unlike, however

• for example, in fact, for instance, most importantly

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2C

Which clue words or phrases would an author most likely use when writing a chronological/sequence passage?

• first, next, then, last, year, dates

• as a result, because, when, if, then, consequently

• problem, solution, resolution, dilemma

• on the other hand, similarly, like, unlike, however

• for example, in fact, for instance, most importantly

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2C

CCSS.W.6.3C

Which clue words or phrases would an author most likely use when writing a compare/contrast passage?

• first, next, then, last, year, dates

• as a result, because, when, if, then, consequently

• problem, solution, resolution, dilemma

• on the other hand, similarly, like, unlike, however

• for example, in fact, for instance, most importantly

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2C

Which clue words or phrases would an author most likely use when writing a problem/solution passage?

• first, next, then, last, year, dates

• as a result, because, when, if, then, consequently

• problem, solution, resolution, dilemma

• on the other hand, similarly, like, unlike, however

• for example, in fact, for instance, most importantly

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

CCSS.W.6.2B