Text Structures — Drills · Grade 6 English
Chapter: Reading Informational TextWhat these drills covers
By the end of Text Structures you should be able to:
- I can name the five common nonfiction text structures.
- I can use signal words to figure out which structure an author is using.
- I can explain how a text's structure helps develop its ideas.
4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.
Vocabulary used: text structure, chronological/sequence structure, cause and effect structure, compare and contrast structure, problem and solution structure, signal words.
Problem 1
Answer and explanation
Cause and effect structure — signaled by 'Because,' 'As a result,' and 'then,' which link each event to the result it causes.
Cause and effect structure — signaled by 'Because,' 'As a result,' and 'then,' which link each event to the result it causes.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 2
Answer and explanation
A follows a process through pathways; B uses a comparison to inspect differences between surfaces. Both can explain water movement, but the same category must be used on both sides of B’s comparison.
A follows a process through pathways; B uses a comparison to inspect differences between surfaces. Both can explain water movement, but the same category must be used on both sides of B’s comparison.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 3
Answer and explanation
A signal word indicates a proposed relationship, not proof of its truth. Identify the stated cause, the process connecting it to the effect and the evidence, then compare an alternative.
A signal word indicates a proposed relationship, not proof of its truth. Identify the stated cause, the process connecting it to the effect and the evidence, then compare an alternative.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.
Problem 4
Answer and explanation
In the first case, Cause and effect structure — signaled by 'Because,' 'As a result,' and 'then,' which link each event to the result it causes. In the changed case, A follows a process through pathways; B uses a comparison to inspect differences between surfaces. Both can explain water movement, but the same category must be used on both sides of B’s comparison. The method of defining the relationship and testing relevant evidence transfers; the particular source detail and scope must be checked anew.
In the first case, Cause and effect structure — signaled by 'Because,' 'As a result,' and 'then,' which link each event to the result it causes. In the changed case, A follows a process through pathways; B uses a comparison to inspect differences between surfaces. Both can explain water movement, but the same category must be used on both sides of B’s comparison. The method of defining the relationship and testing relevant evidence transfers; the particular source detail and scope must be checked anew.
Response criteria
- Answer the actual question with accurate details.
- Explain how the evidence or language choice supports the conclusion.
- State a relevant limit, alternative or justified revision.