Text structures
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- Q1What is chronological order?The order in which events happen based on their locationThe order in which events happen in order of importanceThe order in which events happen in alphabetical orderThe order in which events happen in time30s
- Q2What is cause and effect?The relationship between two people involved in an eventThe relationship between an event and what happened after itThe relationship between an event and what caused it to happenThe relationship between two events that happen at the same time30s
- Q3What is problem and solution?The relationship between two problems and how they are solvedThe relationship between a problem and how it is solvedThe relationship between a problem and what caused itThe relationship between two solutions to the same problem30s
- Q4What is compare and contrast?The relationship between two things that are unrelatedThe relationship between two things that are identicalThe relationship between the similarities and differences between two or more thingsThe relationship between two things that are opposites30s
- Q5What is description?Giving facts and figures about somethingGiving instructions on how to do somethingGiving details about something to help the reader visualize itGiving opinions about something to persuade the reader to like it30s
- Q6What is the purpose of the problem-solution-evaluation text structure?To describe the order of events in a story.To present a problem, a solution, and the evaluation of that solution.To summarize a large amount of information.To list differences and similarities between two or more things.30s
- Q7What is the purpose of the descriptive text structure?To describe the characteristics of a person, place, or thing.To present a problem and a possible solution.To show the relationship between events or ideas.To summarize a large amount of information.30s
- Q8What is the purpose of the chronological text structure?To persuade the reader to accept a certain viewpoint.To present a problem and a possible solution.To describe events in the order they occurred.To show the similarities and differences between two or more things.30s
- Q9What is the purpose of the comparison text structure?To show the differences between two or more things.To summarize a large amount of information.To show the similarities between two or more things.To present a problem and a possible solution.30s
- Q10What is the purpose of the cause and effect text structure?To show the relationship between events or ideas.To persuade the reader to accept a certain viewpoint.To summarize a large amount of information.To describe the order of events in a story.30s
- Q11Which text structure presents similarities and differences between two or more subjects?Cause-effectChronologicalCompare-contrastProblem-solution30s
- Q12Which text structure organizes information based on time?Cause-effectProblem-solutionChronologicalCompare-contrast30s
- Q13Which text structure discusses a topic in great detail?Problem-solutionChronologicalDescriptiveCause-effect30s