Students complete nine sentences about text structure terms — chronological order, compare and contrast, cause and effect. The matching activity pairs four passage descriptions about settlers, river pollution, city vs. country life, and traffic solutions with their text structures.
Matching passage descriptions to text structure types builds the analytical vocabulary students need to explain why two texts on the same topic feel organized differently.
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Comparing Texts
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. The way an author arranges ideas in a text is called the text structure.
2. A text that explains events in time order uses chronological structure.
3. A text that shows how things are alike and different uses compare and contrast structure.
4. Two texts on the same topic may use different structures to organize their information.
5. A text that explains why something happened and what resulted uses cause and effect structure.
6. Signal words like first, next, and finally indicate a sequential text structure.
7. The problem and solution structure presents an issue and then explains how it is resolved.
8. Comparing text structures helps you understand how authors present information differently.
9. A text that groups related ideas together uses a topic and description structure.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
"First settlers arrived, then built homes, finally formed a town"
→ chronological order
cause and effect
"Pollution caused fish to die; cleaning the river brought them back"
→ cause and effect
problem and solution
"City life is fast-paced while country life is relaxed and quiet"
→ compare and contrast
chronological order
"Traffic was terrible, so the town added a new bus route"
→ problem and solution
compare and contrast
Comparing Texts
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) The way an author arranges ideas in a text is called the text structure.
2) A text that explains events in time order uses chronological structure.
3) A text that shows how things are alike and different uses compare and contrast structure.
4) Two texts on the same topic may use different structures to organize their information.
5) A text that explains why something happened and what resulted uses cause and effect structure.
6) Signal words like first, next, and finally indicate a sequential text structure.
7) The problem and solution structure presents an issue and then explains how it is resolved.
8) Comparing text structures helps you understand how authors present information differently.
9) A text that groups related ideas together uses a topic and description structure.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
"First settlers arrived, then built homes, finally formed a town"
→ chronological order
cause and effect
"Pollution caused fish to die; cleaning the river brought them back"
→ cause and effect
problem and solution
"City life is fast-paced while country life is relaxed and quiet"
→ compare and contrast
chronological order
"Traffic was terrible, so the town added a new bus route"
→ problem and solution
compare and contrast
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