Text Structure
A passage explains what happened first, next, and finally.
What is chronological order?
A webpage gives facts about planets, including their sizes and distances from the Sun.
What is to inform?
A traditional story includes gods, supernatural events, and legendary characters.
What is a myth?
The puppy was timid. It hid behind the chair whenever visitors entered the room.
What is shy or nervous?
I wanted to play outside, ___ it started raining.
What is but?
A student wakes up, eats breakfast, gets on the bus, and arrives at school.
What is sequence of events?
A poster gives several reasons why students should recycle at school.
What is to persuade?
A young hero learns that ignoring good advice can lead to serious consequences.
What is people can face consequences when they ignore wise advice?
The scientist was careful when handling the fragile equipment.
What is cautious?
Jada studied for the test, ___ she wanted to improve her grade.
What is for?
A passage explains that heavy rain caused a river to rise and flood nearby streets.
What is cause and effect?
A short story describes a child who discovers a mysterious door in her grandmother's house.
What is to entertain?
A hero wants to protect his village. He challenges a powerful creature, but his challenge makes the creature even angrier.
A hero wants to protect his village. He challenges a powerful creature, but his challenge makes the creature even angrier.
The Latin root par means equal. If two things are comparable, what does that mean?
What is similar enough to be compared?
The students finished their project ___ they presented it to the class.
What is a comma followed by “and”?
A biography describes an inventor's childhood, then her first invention, and finally an invention that helped her community.
What is chronological order to show how her work developed over time?
An article is about a famous athlete. One paragraph explains that the athlete practiced every morning before school.
What is to show how the athlete developed her skills through hard work?
A character secretly enters a dangerous cave to rescue a friend. Inside, the character hears footsteps getting closer but cannot see who is coming.
What is making the reader wonder what danger is approaching?
The two candidates had comparable experience. Both had worked in the field for nearly ten years.
What is similar enough to be compared?
The team practiced every afternoon. ___, they became much better at working together.
What is therefore?
A biography describes a scientist's early interest in machines, her first small invention, and later inventions that helped people.
What is chronological order showing how the scientist developed into an inventor?
An article gives information about a community garden and explains how the garden provides fresh food for families. At the end, the author encourages readers to volunteer.
What is to inform readers about the garden and persuade them to help?
A character fails several times while trying to solve a problem. Instead of giving up, she studies her mistakes and tries again.
What is determined or persevering?
Although Maya was reluctant to speak in front of the class, she eventually raised her hand after her teacher encouraged her.
What is hesitant or unsure about doing something?
Last Saturday, Marcus visits the museum and learned about famous inventors.
What is change “visits” to “visited”?