Text Structures

This text structure is "how are things in the text similar or different."

• Main Idea and Details
• Problem and Solution
• Cause and Effect
• Comparison

The text structure that is written in a style that tells what happened and why it happens is...

• Problem and Solution
• Question and Answer
• Chronological
• Cause and Effect

This text structure tells what is the conflict, or problem, and how it was resolved.

• Main Ideas and Details
• Problem and Solution
• Chronological
• Cause and Effect

The text structure that shows events taking place over time or gives steps is... 

• Chronological
• Description/MI & D
• Cause and Effect
• Question and Answer

"Similar, same, alike, both, on the other hand, instead" are signal words for...

• Comparison
• Description
• Question and Answer
• Cause and Effect

"First, second, following, and finally" are used with ...

• Description
• Problem and Solution
• Cause and Effect
• Chronological

"Issue, as a result, problem, and so" is used in ...

• Cause and Effect
• Description
• Problem and Solution
• Question and Answer

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem

• Compare/Contrast
• Chronological
• Problem/Solution
• Sequence/Order of Importance

Ice-cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in a many different colors and flavors.  Two of my favorite flavors are strawberry and chocolate.  Though both of these flavors are delicious, strawberry may contain pieces of fruit while chocolate usually will not.  Even though more chocolate ice-cream is sold across the country annually than strawberry, each flavor tastes great inside of a milk shake. 

• Cause and Effect
• Chronological
• Problem solution
• Compare/Contrast

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order.

• first, next, finally, 8:30, after
• cause, effect, as a result of, because
• problem, solution, promise, struggle
• compare, contrast, similar, different