Text Structures
Compare & Contrast Problem & Solution
Cause & Effect
Description
Sequence
1. A student wants to write about what she did each day during her ten-day trip to Alaska.
2.
A man wants to write about the strange-looking creat
bout the strange-looking creature he saw on the beach this morning
3. A boy wants to write about how his life has changed because of his new puppy.
4. A teenager who can't get his homework done because of his noisy baby brother figures out a way
to make the situation work for both of them.
5. A teen who lost his job because he often overslept writes about ways other teens can avoid the
same mistake.
6. When her family moves to a new city, a student must change schools in the middle of the year.
She writes about how her new school is different from her old school.

1.  Description

2. Description

3. Sequence

4. Problem & Solution

5. Problem & Solution

6. Compare & Contrast

Explanation:

1. The student writes about her daily activities with the simple aim to telling the story about it so the text structure is description.

2. The man writes about the strange-looking creature from things that he observes, so the writing would be the description of what he saw.

3. A boy wants to write about how his life changes for his new puppy, so that the changes here is the sequence of the appearance of his new puppy. So that the text structure is sequence.

4. In this paragraph, the problem occurring is the noise from baby brothers. he writes about the way to make the situation to solve the problem - so that the paragraph is about problems and solution.

5. Similarity, the problem in the paragraph is the fact that "she often overslept", so that the ways to avoid the same mistake that she write are the solution.

6. As she writes about the difference between her new and old school, this is comparing and contrasting these two.

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