Literary Devices Practice

Which of the following is NOT an example of a nonfiction text structure?

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• narrative

• sequence

This type of text structure uses signal words like "issue," "idea," and "as a result of."

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

• sequence

• cause & effect

This type of text structure uses signal words such as "leads to," "consequently," and "because of."

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

• sequence

This type of text structure uses signal words like "first," "after," and "finally."

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

• sequence

This type of text structure uses signal words like "alike," "unlike," and "as opposed to."

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

• cause & effect

• sequence

You might use a Venn Diagram to analyze this type of text structure.

• cause & effect

• sequence

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

A recipe or instruction manual would best represent which text structure type?

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

• sequence

A news segment features a city-wide donation to the food shelf to combat local poverty and hunger. This is an example of which text structure type?

• problem & solution

• cause & effect

• compare & contrast

• sequence

"When water is heated, the molecules move quickly, thus, causing the water to boil." This is an example of which text structure type?

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

• sequence

True or False: all 4 nonfiction text structures (problem & solution, compare & contrast, cause & effect, sequence) - can occur in fiction, as well.

• True

• False