Nonfiction Text Features and Text Structures

Read the following paragraph. Which text structure is used?
 Have you ever made macaroni and cheese? It’s simple! First, boil some water and make some macaroni. Then, make your cheese sauce. After the cheese sauce is ready, mix it with the macaroni. Bake the entire thing in the oven. Finally, it’s time to eat!

• sequence

• compare and contrast
• description
• problem and solution

Read the following paragraph. Which text structure is used?
Park School had a terrible problem. Every day at recess, students would argue over the slides. Teachers had to spend time every day taking care of the arguments. Finally, one teacher came up with a great solution. They bought another set of slides that everyone could enjoy.

• problem and solution
• cause and effect
• compare and contrast
• description

Choose the clue words that indicate chronological order/sequence.

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

Why do you need to get exercise? It is good for your body. It makes your heart, muscles, and bones strong. It makes you feel better if you have a bad day. If you exercise, you will stay at a healthy weight.
Which text structure is used?

• Cause and Effect
• Problem and Solution
• Description
• Sequence

There are two popular sports played at Ericson, basketball and volleyball. Both take place inside of the gym at Ericson. Also, each sport has two teams of people. In basketball, however, the ball can be played off of the floor, and in volleyball, the ball cannot touch the floor or it is out of play. Basketball and volleyball are popular sports at Ericson. Which text structure is used?

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

How are headings and subheadings useful in nonfiction text?

• They show the reader what the previous section was about

• They tell the reader what the next section will be about

• They organize the information in rows and columns

• They always organize information chronologically

A recipe or instruction manual would best represent which text structure type?

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

• sequence

"When water is heated, the molecules move quickly, thus, causing the water to boil." This is an example of which text structure type?

• problem & solution

• compare & contrast

• cause & effect

• sequence

Tornado hunters are people who try to find tornadoes just as the storms form. In which section would you be most likely to find a description of how they find tornadoes?

• Introduction

• Chapter 5

• Chapter 6

• Glossary

Which of the following text features is most likely to be included in part 1?

• a photograph of a flooded city

• a graph comparing winter temperatures

• a map showing desert regions on Earth

• a diagram of the characteristics of lightning