Exploring Organizational Patterns

The video tutorial introduces organizational patterns, also known as text structures, which are methods of organizing text. It covers eight types: chronological, compare and contrast, order of importance, sequence, spatial, cause and effect, problem and solution, and topical. Each type is explained with examples and signal words to help identify them. The tutorial concludes with practice exercises to reinforce understanding.

What is another term for organizational patterns?

• Text layout

• Text design

• Text format

• Text structure

Which type of text structure arranges events in the order they happened?

• Chronological

• Order of importance

• Compare and contrast

• Sequence

What signal words might indicate a compare and contrast text structure?

• First, next, then

• Because, as a result

• Proposes, suggests

• Like, unlike, both

In an order of importance text structure, how are ideas arranged?

• From least important to most important

• In alphabetical order

• In the order they occur

• From most important to least important

Which type of text structure is used when information is organized by the order in which it occurs?

• Cause and effect

• Sequence

• Topical

• Spatial

What type of text structure is often used in descriptive writing?

• Chronological

• Order of importance

• Problem and solution

• Spatial

Which signal words might indicate a cause and effect text structure?

• Like, unlike, both

• Proposes, suggests

• Because, as a result

• First, next, then

What type of text structure presents a problem and then offers solutions?

• Problem and solution

• Cause and effect

• Topical

• Compare and contrast

Which type of text structure arranges information according to different subtopics?

• Chronological

• Topical

• Order of importance

• Sequence

In the practice passage about schools, what type of text structure is used?

• Chronological

• Cause and effect

• Problem and solution

• Sequence