Text Structures in Fifth

Which structure tells the order that events occur?

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive

Key words are: however, similarly, like, unlike

• Chronological Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Descriptive

Shows similarities and differences between two or more things.

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Chronological Order

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive

Key words are: because, if, when, so, as a result

• Cause & Effect

• Chronological Order

• Problem & Solution

• Compare & Contrast

• Descriptive

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

What does text structure mean?

• information in the text

• the way the author organizes information in the text

• the way the author presents the information in the text.

• how the text is typed up.

This type of writing gives information step-by-step.

• cause & effect

• problem & solution

• order & sequence 

• compare & contrast

How is the above text organized?

• chronological

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

How is the above text organized?

• chronological

• problem/solution

• cause and effect

• spatial/descriptive

How does the author organize the passage?

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• sequence/process

• spatial/descriptive