Text Organization

Cause & Effect

• discusses an action and its results
• a difficulty is described and an answer is offered
• the differences and and similarities of two things are discussed
• explains how to do something or how something happens step by step
• describes how something looks or how it is arranged.

Problem and Solution

• discusses an action and its results
• a difficulty is described and an answer is offered
• the differences and and similarities of two things are discussed
• explains how to do something or how something happens step by step
• describes how something looks or how it is arranged.

Compare and Contrast

• discusses an action and its results
• a difficulty is described and an answer is offered
• the differences and and similarities of two things are discussed
• explains how to do something or how something happens step by step
• describes how something looks or how it is arranged.

Descriptive

• discusses an action and its results
• a difficulty is described and an answer is offered
• the differences and and similarities of two things are discussed
• explains how to do something or how something happens step by step
• describes how something looks or how it is arranged.

Sequential

• discusses an action and its results
• the differences and and similarities of two things are discussed
• explains how to do something or how something happens step by step
• describes how something looks or how it is arranged.

Jenny's room is very large and overlooks the back yard. She has her own closet and her own bathroom. Her brother's room, on the other hand, is fairly small. Though her brother is older and was given the first choice of rooms, he chose the smaller room because he said it felt cozier. His room has a smaller closet, no private bathroom, and overlooks the front yard.

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Sequential

The walls in Jenny's room are bright pink. She has posters on the walls, and ruffled pink curtains. Her bedspread is pink and orange.

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Descriptive
• Sequential

Jenny has a system when it comes to cleaning up her room. First, she picks up all her toys and puts them away. Then, she makes up her bed. Finally, she dusts and runs the vacuum cleaner.

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Compare and Contrast
• Descriptive
• Sequential

Jenny's dad got offered a new job in a new city. It was a very good job, with a very good salary, so her family moved over the summer.

• Cause and Effect
• Compare and Contrast
• Descriptive
• Sequential

What type of text structure is used when a story describes the steps to bake a cake?

• Cause and Effect

• Sequential

• Descriptive

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast