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Expository Text Structure. Problem Solution Cause Effect Descriptive Sequence Chronology Compare/Contrast. Cause and Effect . Two ideas interact with each other . One is the cause and the other is the effect. . Oil tankers are used to transport oil, and oil spills into the ocean. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Problem SolutionCause EffectDescriptiveSequence
ChronologyCompare/Contrast
Expository Text Structure
Two ideas interact with each other . One is the cause and the other is the effect.
Examples
•Environmental disasters
•Natural disasters
People rely on oil for many every day needs.
Oil tankers are used to transport oil, and oil spills into the ocean. Animals and
plants become coated with oil.
Cause and Effect
Cause/Effect Graphic Organizer for Writing
Signal Words:•Reasons why•If…then•As a result•Therefore•Because
Problem SolutionThe writer states a problem or poses a question that is followed by a solution.
The Nashua River begins as a pristine river surrounded by forests.
Europeans arrive, the wilderness turns into farms and later into cities. Paper mills, runoff, and wastewater pollute the river.
A campaign is started to clean up the river, and although the river is never as clean as it once was, it is now much cleaner.
Signal words:•Problem is..•Dilemma is…•Puzzle is…•Solved•Question•Answer•Because•Since•This led to
Problem and Solution Organizer for Writing
DescriptiveThe author describes a
topic by listing characteristics, features,
and examples
Signal Words:•For example•For instance•Specifically•Characteristics are•Such as•Looks like•In addition
SequencePresents information that occurs in a series or in steps such as the growth of living organisms or a recipe
Flow Chart
Sequence Text Structure Graphic Organizers for Pre-Writing
Use Flow charts for steps in
directions or life cycles, for example.
Signal WordsFirst Next Then Finally
Chronology
Use a timeline for biographies or other
time chronologies
Timelines
Compare/Contrast
Signal Words Same as similar alike as well as either
both different from
yesterday today