Generic Text Structure

Authors use different text structures to

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add visuals to their writing

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which text structure would an author

use when writing about the life of Jessie

Jackson?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which text structure would an author

use when writing about the many

factors that started the Civil War?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which text structure would an author

use when writing about an endangered

species and how we can save it from

extinction?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which text structure would an author

use when informing the reader about the many characteristics

mole rats?

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Description

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which text structure would an author

use when explaining the differences

between four types of trees?

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological/Sequence

• Problem and Solution

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which word or phrase is an author most

likely to use when writing a cause and

effect passage?

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Which word or phrase is an author most

likely to use when writing a compare

and contrast passage?

• similarly

• for example

• as a result

• finally

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5