​Informational Text Structures

​Looking at how an author organizes information in a text

• ​Problem and Solution - the author describes a problem and how it was solved

• ​Compare and Contrast - the author explains how something is similar to and different from something or someone else

• ​Sequence - also called time order or chronology - authors tell about events in the order that they happened (chronological order)​

• ​Cause and Effect - the author explains something that happened (effect) and the reasons why (cause)

• ​Description - an author tells about a topic and its characteristics

How will I know which text structure is being used?​

Here are some signal or cue words you might find in the text for each text structure...

• ​Problem and Solution - problem, issue, solution, question, answer, since, result, so, leads to

• ​Compare and Contrast - similar, same, alike, in contrast, unlike, both, on the other hand, however

• ​Sequence - first, next, then, before, during, after, meanwhile, finally, at the same time

• ​Cause and Effect - because, so, since, due to, therefore, as a result of, if...then

  ​Description - for example, such as, looks like, for instance, many, some, including, most

Now let's try to put what we have learned into practice...

​Informational Text Structures

​Looking at how an author organizes information in a text

• ​Problem and Solution - the author describes a problem and how it was solved

• ​Compare and Contrast - the author explains how something is similar to and different from something or someone else

• ​Sequence - also called time order or chronology - authors tell about events in the order that they happened (chronological order)​

• ​Cause and Effect - the author explains something that happened (effect) and the reasons why (cause)

• ​Description - an author tells about a topic and its characteristics