ELA Middle School Nonfiction Text Structures

Which text structure tells what happened and explains why it happened?

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Main Idea and Details

• Problem and Solution

Which text structure tells about events in time order?

• Main Idea and Details

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological Order

Which text structure tells about something and gives specific examples and supports?

• Compare and Contrast

• Main Idea and Details

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence and Order

Which text structure explains an issue and gives us ways to fix it?

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

Which text structure tells how things are alike and different?

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure might use these signal words? FIRST, AFTER, THE NEXT WEEK, LATER

• Problem and Solution

• Main Idea and Details

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

Which text structure might use these signal words? ISSUE, SOLVE, THEREFORE, AS A RESULT

• Main Idea and Details

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological

Which text structure might use these signal words? BOTH, UNLIKE, SIMILAR, DIFFERENT

• Compare and Contrast

• Chronological

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

Which text structure might use these signal words? FOR EXAMPLE, INCLUDING, ANOTHER

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Main Idea and Details

Which text structure might use these signal words? BECAUSE, DUE TO, SINCE, SO, IF...THEN

• Cause and Effect

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

• Main Idea and Details