Text Structure Quiz

The middle school soccer team had practiced and played hard all season long. The coach really wanted the team to win the state championship game. Finally, the day of the big game arrived. The team played their best, and they won the championship by one goal!

Which BEST describes how the paragraph is organized?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

The sun is a powerful force. It enables plants to grow. Plants need sunshine. The sun empowers people to grow plants for food. It also enables people to live on the earth. If there were no sun, the earth would be too cold. It would also be dark. We need the sun to live. Many people enjoy the sun. It is nice to be outside on a sunny day. The sun's rays are strong. We must be safe in the sun. Scientists encourage us to wear sunscreen.

Which choice best describes how the passage is organized?

• Chronological order

• Cause and Effect

• Problem/Solution

• Definition/

  Description

The writing pattern that explains why something happened and the results that followed is called:

• Compare and Contrast

• Definition/Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problems-

  Solutions

Magnet schools offer special facilities and programs that promote educational excellence in a particular field. A similar school choice strategy involves charter schools that are public schools that are given more freedom to try out new policies and programs.

Which type of text structure being used above?

• Chronological order

• Problem-Solution

• Definition/

  Description

• Cause and Effect

"It was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon and I knew I was late. An hour later, all of the people were leaving for the game. I stopped to ask one the them where the game was, and he said that in about 12 minutes, the game will start down the block."

Which type of text structure is being used here?

• Definition/

  Description

• Narrative

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological order

The continent measures 3,300 miles at its widest point, from St. John's, Newfoundland, to the Pacific Coast. From Alaska to Mexico, the continent extends 4,900 miles. Europe is made up of many small nations. Unlike it, North America is composed of only three large nations: Canada, the United States, and Mexico.

Which opening sentence goes best with the details in the above paragraph?

• Canada is the largest country in North America.

• Mexico is best known for dry, hot summers.

• North America truly stretches "from sea to shining sea"!

• The countries of North America formed NAFTA.

A                 paragraph compares two subjects and how they are alike.

• Comparison

• Definition

• Contrast

• Classification