Text Structures Quiz

Which of the following is not a text structure?

• Problem and solution

• Chronological

• Context clues

• Descriptive

This text shows order of steps or process. Which text structure does it represent?

• Sequence

• Description

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

Match the text feature and definition:

• A short description/information of a photograph or illustration.

• A visual tool that is used to represent information and data, often times numerical data.

• Can be found in the back of non-fiction text and is used to find definitions for key words.

• A photograph/illustrations that has labels to provide a complete representation of a topic.

• Can be found in the back of non-fiction text and is used to find key words.

What is the purpose of a text feature?

• To help the reader figure out why the author chose the topic.

• To help the reader write a paper on the topic.

• To help the reader better understand what they are reading.

• To help the reader not be distracted while they read.

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• Inform

• Explain

• Entertain

• Persuade

Caroline Bartlett Crane was born in 1858 in Hudson, Wisconsin. After working as a teacher, she became a journalist and an ordained minister. Crane was an activist who worked toward women’s voting rights in the United States. Her tireless efforts at improving sanitation in large cities—especially in the slums where the poorest residents lived—earned her the title “America’s Housekeeper.” What is the primary purpose of this text?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Explain

• Describe

What type of reasoning starts with a general statement and then applies it to a specific case?

• Analogical reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

• Abductive reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

What type of reasoning involves forming a conclusion based on the most likely explanation?

• Abductive reasoning

• Analogical reasoning

• Inductive reasoning

• Deductive reasoning

In deductive reasoning, if the premises are true, then the conclusion is always ________.

Yesterday's episode of Spongebob Squarepants made me laugh. Today's episode of Spongebob Squarepants made me laugh. Every episode of Spongebob Squarepants will be funny.

• Abductive

• Deductive

• Inductive