Text Structure Quiz

First, sharks use their keen sense of smell to track down an animal for lunch. Then, they race toward the prey while steering with their tails. Finally, they open their mouths and bite hard.

• sequence

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• description

Hippos, walruses, and woodchucks all have large teeth. Hippos use their teeth to scare away enemies, Walruses use their teeth to pull themselves out of the water. Woodchucks use their teeth to chomp through tough plants.

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• sequence

• descriptive

Before you begin to bake chocolate chip cookies, remember to gather all the ingredients. Next, turn on the oven to preheat it. Then you are ready to begin measuring and mixing the dough.

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• descriptive

Sue lost her first tooth when she was five years old. Later, when she was six, she lost another tooth. Not long after, Sue lost two teeth in one day!

• sequential/chronological

• descriptive

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Eels are long thin-like snakes. Trying to hold onto an eel is like trying to hold onto a snake.

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• descriptive

Carol forgot to add yeast to the dough when she was baking. Therefore, her wheat bread did not rise, and she was not able to eat it.

• cause and effect

• sequential

• chronological

• compare and contrast

It is dark as night in the deepest part of the ocean. Most fish would find it very difficult or impossible to see, but the lantern fish has solved this problem. It carries its own flashlight.

• problem and solution

• chronological

• descriptive

• compare and contrast

If I am reading an article about the differences and similarities between Llamas and Alpacas what type of text structure is my article written in?

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence

• Problem and solution

• Description

If I am writing an essay called "New Jersey State Facts" what text structure am I using?

• Description

• Cause and effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Sequence

What text structure would a recipe of how to make chocolate chip cookies be?

• Sequence

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Description