Text Structures & Features

Imagine you're reading a story where Priya and Evelyn are on a time-travel adventure. In a text with a sequence text structure, the author

• describes a topic and its characteristics.

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

Imagine Scarlett and Noah are discussing their favorite books. In a text with a compare and contrast text structure, what would the author do?

• Explain something that happened and the reasons why.

• Tell about events in the order they happened.

• Explain how things are similar and different.

• Describe a problem and then explain how someone solved it.

Imagine Maya is writing a story with a cause and effect text structure. What is she doing?

• She's explaining something that happened and the reasons why.

• She's telling about events in the order they happened.

• She's describing a topic and its characteristics.

• She's describing a problem and then explaining how someone solved it.

Imagine you're in a school where lunchtime is a chance to make new friends! Many students, like Grace and Abigail, have faced the challenge of finding a friendly face to sit with. Grace, inspired by her own experiences, decided to create a magical phone app called "Sit With Us." This app is like a treasure map, guiding students to welcoming lunch tables where kindness is the only rule. Can you identify the main text structure used in this heartwarming tale?

• description

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• sequence

Join Ethan and Evelyn on a river adventure! Can you identify the main text structure used in the passage below? A river is a large natural stream of flowing water. The source of a river is the place where the river starts. This is usually the highest point in the river. Many rivers begin in springs, places where underground water flows to the Earth’s surface. Some rivers begin in melting glaciers high up in the mountains or in lakes.

• sequence

• description

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Abigail and Mason are exploring the world of robotics! Robots that look like humans are called androids. But not all robots are androids. The industrial robots used in manufacturing and production look like machines and not at all like human beings. So what does an android have in common with an industrial robot? They both have computers. And they both have sensors to gather information and ways to interact with their environments, too. Can you identify the main text structure used in this passage?

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

Ahoy, ocean explorers! Imagine you're on a voyage with Captain Mason and First Mate Lily. As you sail the vast Pacific Ocean, you notice something peculiar. A current, like a river in the sea, is carrying bits of garbage from the shore and ships. These ocean currents are sneaky, trapping the trash and swirling it into a massive, floating island of plastics and seawater. Welcome to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch adventure! Can you identify the main text structure used in this passage?

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• description

Hey there, ocean explorers! Dive into the mysterious world of the Greenland shark with David and Avery. This incredible creature can grow to be around 16 feet long and is an apex predator, meaning it's at the top of the food chain with no natural enemies. Even more fascinating, the Greenland shark can live to be about 400 years old, making it the longest-living vertebrate animal. Can you identify the main text structure used in this passage?

• sequence

• compare and contrast

• description

• cause and effect

Imagine you're on a treasure hunt with Jackson and Abigail! Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a heading

• captions

• the table of contents

• the glossary

Avery is on a culinary adventure, diving into the world of Italian cuisine. She stumbles upon a fascinating book titled “Foods of the World.” Excitedly, she flips to Chapter 2 on page 12 and is greeted by the word “Spain” in bold, large letters. Just below, she notices “Northern Spain” in slightly smaller letters. What does page 12 of Avery’s book feature?

• had no text features

• had a diagram but no other text features

• had the table of contents only

• had a heading and subheading