Flocabulary Text Structures

Juan is writing a report on Italian food. He finds a book titled “Foods of the World.” He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word “Spain” in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the word “Northern Spain ” in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan’s book ________.

• had no text features

• had only a diagram

• had only a table of contents

• had a heading and subheading

A graph or chart ________.

• explains a photograph

• provides additional description in words

• displays and organizes facts and numbers

• shows you all the photographs a book contains

How the author organizes the text is....

• the main idea

• the theme

• the problem

• the text structure

This text structure uses facts and descriptive details to describe a specific topic or idea.

• cause and effect

• descriptive

• compare and contrast

• sequential order

This text structure explains how something happens or is done, step-by-step.

• sequential order

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

This text structure explains a problem and shows how it can be or is resolved.

• descriptive

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• chronological order

This text structure shows how two topics are alike and different.

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

• descriptive

• sequential order

This text structure describes what happens and why it happens.

• descriptive

• chronological order

• problem and solution

• cause and effect

This text structure presents information in time order.

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• chronological order

• descriptive

Ice cream is a delicious frozen treat that comes in many different colors and flavors. Two very different but popular 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, both flavors taste great inside of a milkshake.

How is the information organized?

• problem and solution

• sequential order

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect