Text Structures QUIZ

Making sandbags can be easy and fun. The first thing that you need to do is get near a location with a lot of sand, so if you're by a beach, that'll be perfect. The next thing to do is fill your bags with sand. You'll want to fill them completely and pack the sand down so that it is firm, like a brick, but leave enough space at the end so that you can tie the bag closed. After tying it closed, you may then stack them into a wall. Repeat the steps until you have the wall as large as you need.

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Hurricanes and the destruction they have caused take many lives each year. Sadly, people don't have to die from these disasters. One thing that can be done to prevent more lives from being lost is to have an evacuation procedure. Cities and towns in the paths of hurricanes need to be evacuated. Some people who live in these cities and towns don't have transportation, so buses must be provided and safe drop-off zones need to be arranged. Having better evacuation procedures would save lives.

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Hurricanes and tornadoes are both amazing yet deadly natural phenomena. Both generate deadly conditions, but in different ways. Tornadoes are likely to damage people and property with their high winds, which go up to 300 miles per hour, but generally hurricanes are more feared for their flooding. Also, hurricanes can produce tornadoes, which makes them quite dangerous indeed.

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The playground at Northside Park is built for fun. There are plenty of ways to get to the top of this amazing structure -- a rope ladder, a swinging stairway, and even a rock wall! Once at the top, kids can find plenty of interesting things to play with, like two different steering wheels, a ropes course, an over-sized tic-tac-toe board, and a pirate crow's nest complete with a black and gold telescope. Two fully enclosed, curved slides offer the perfect way to return to the ground.

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There are many reasons why people dance. Some people dance for fun, just because they enjoy dancing. At other times, people dance for exercise or weight loss because dancing can really get your heart beating. Also, sometimes people dance to try to get a boyfriend or girlfriend. Some people think that dancing is attractive. People dance for all kinds of different reasons.

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The surface of the earth is divided into pieces called "tectonic plates." These plates move. When they rub against each other, they do not move smoothly. When this happens, this causes earthquakes to result. Because of this, some parts of the world get more earthquakes than other parts. The places can be found near the edges of these plates.

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Some countries, such as Japan, or parts of a country, like California in the United States, have many earthquakes each year. Many houses and buildings have a problem withstanding these disasters. In these places, it is probably a good practice to build houses and other buildings so that they will not collapse when there is an earthquake. This solution is called seismic design or "earthquake-proofing."

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The ability of a building to withstand the stress of an earthquake depends upon its type of construction, shape, mass distribution, and rigidity. Different combinations are used. One method is to support the ground floor with extremely rigid, hollow columns, while the rest of the building is supported by flexible columns located inside the hollow columns. A different method is to use rollers or rubber pads to separate the base columns from the ground, allowing the columns to shake parallel during and earthquake. The outdoor walls should be made with stronger and more reinforced materials such as steel or reinforced concrete. To prevent collapsing, the roof should be made out of light-weight materials.

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Hurricane Katrina first began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. Later, the depression strengthened into a tropical storm on the morning of August 24 where the storm was also named Katrina. Then, Katrina continued to move into Florida and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made landfall around Hallandale Beach on the morning of August 25. The storm weakened over land but became a hurricane again while entering the Gulf of Mexico.

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If the title of an article were "The History of Marshmallows", what text structure would you expect the writer to use?

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