Chronological Text Structure

This text structure puts facts, events, or concepts in order. It traces the development of a topic.

• Listing

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

Stories are typically told in _____________ order.

• Problem -> Solution

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Description

All of the following are signal words for which pattern of text structure?

--First

--Second

--Third

--Next

--Finally

• Listing

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological

Which text structure would I use to tell about the history of women's rights? 

• Compare-Contrast

• Sequence

• Chronological

• Cause-Effect

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

What text structure talks about order in time?

• Chronological

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause and Effect

• Problem or Solution

What text structure is being used?

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• sequence/chronological order

• descriptive

Which text structure is used to describe events in the order they happened?

• A) Cause and Effect

• B) Chronological

• C) Problem and Solution

• D) Descriptive

What is the primary purpose of a chronological text structure?

• A) To compare two different ideas

• B) To show the cause of an event

• C) To present events in the order they occurred

• D) To describe a problem and its solution

Which of the following signal words is NOT typically associated with chronological order?

• A) First

• B) Next

• C) Because

• D) Finally