TEXT STRUCTURES

TYPES OF TEXT STRUCTURES

• Description or List
• Cause and effect
• Problem and solution
• Compare and contrast
• Sequence of events

DESCRIPTION/LIST

• includes details to help you picture or get to know a person, a place, a thing, or an idea
• Signal Words: such as, for example, for instance

CAUSE AND Effect

• explains why something happened (cause) and what happened as a result (effect)
• Signal Words: therefore, so, this led to, as a result, because, if . . . then

PROBLEM AND SOLUTION

• This text structure presents a problem and explains how it is solved
• Signal Words: propose, conclude, a solution, the reason for, the problem

COMPARE & CONTRAST

• presents the similarities and/or differences between two items, such as a pair of events, time periods, ideas, or places
• Signal Words: like, unlike, but, in contrast, on the other hand, however

SEQUENCE OF EVENTS

• describes events in the order in which they happen; also called chronological order
• Signal Words: first, second, third, before

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