Non Fiction Text Structures Lesson

Type of writing that can contain text structures and text features

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

What type of text structure is the passage below?
Some dogs and cats do not have homes. People have started animal shelters to take care of these animals and give them better care. At the shelters, dogs and cats get food and water. They get to play with other dogs and cats. Sometimes, people bring a lost animal to the shelter. Some of these pets go home to a loving family.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Which type of text structure answers the questions what happened and why?

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

What text structure would a Venn Diagram go with?

• Description and List

• Cause and Effect

• Question and Answer

• Compare and Contrast

What is the text structure?

• Problem/solution

• Cause/Effect

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Sequence

Match the following text structures with their descriptions.

• A structure that presents events or steps in a specific order.

• Sequence

• A structure that presents an issue and provides ways to solve it.

• Compare/Contrast

• A structure that explains reasons why something happened and the results.

• Description

• A structure that shows similarities and differences between two or more things.

• Cause/Effect

• A structure that provides details about a topic or subject.

• Problem/solution

What is the text structure?

• Problem/solution

• Cause/Effect

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Sequence

What is the text structure?

• Problem/solution

• Cause/Effect

• Description

• Compare/Contrast

• Sequence

Which text structure does this graphic organizer help with?

• Cause and Effect

• Description

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Solution