Finding Text Structure

What text structure explains why something happened or explains the effects of something?

• Compare or Contrast

• Problem or Solution

• Cause or Effect

• Sequence

When you are finding similarities and differences within in a text, what text structure is this format?

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

The text structure that describes the order steps occurred is called_______

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Problem and Siolution

Ray forgot to charge his iPad. As a result, his iPad was dead the next day. 
What is the Cause? What is the Effect? 

• Cause: Ray's iPad was dead.
  Effect: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.

• Cause: Ray forgot to charge his iPad.
  Effect: Ray's iPad was dead.

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Description

• Sequence

• Compare and Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

Which text structure has signal words:
-first
-now
-later
-(actual dates)

• Comparison

• Problem/Solution

• Chronological

• Cause and Effect

Which text structure includes the signal words:
-if/ then
-therefore
-becasue

• Problem/ Solution

• Cause and Effect

• Comparison

• Sequence