Text Organization

Text Organization

Read each selection, then decide how the author organized the text.

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Instructions

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Here are ways authors organize text:

Compare and Contrast

Cause and Effect

Sequence of Events

Question and Answer

Problem and Solution

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Directions

Read each passage carefully.

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Passage 1

“With radios people could listen to music and news. Radios also brought sporting events from around the country into people’s homes.

Like radio, the movies began before the 1920s. But early movies were silent.

It was during the 1920s that movies got sound. The Jazz Singer, shown in 1927,

was the first movie with voices. Within three years, millions of people were going to “talkies,” or movies with sound, each week.

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Both radio and the movies brought a common culture to the people of the United States. For the first time, people from Maine to California could hear the same music and the same shows on the radio. Americans could also learn what life was like in other parts of the United States.”

Harcourt Horizon Social Studies, p 287

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Question 1-A

How is the text organized?

A. cause and effect

B. compare and contrast

C. question and answer

D. sequence of events


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Question 1-B: Which statement describes radios?

Radios Movies

A. People listened to news, music, and sports

B. People watched AND listened to entertainment

C. Both brought a common culture to the U.S.Click to return to passage

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Question 1-C: Which statement describes movies?

Radios Movies

People listened to

news, music, and

sports




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Question 1-D: Which statement describes both radios and movies?

Radios Movies

People listened to People watched AND

news, music, and listened to

sports entertainment




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Comparing and Contrasting

Radios Movies Both

People listened to brought People watched AND

news, music, and a common listened to

sports culture to entertainment the U.S.



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Passage 2: Read this excerpt from a play about the American Revolution.Setting: Boston, the evening of April 18, 175. Joseph Warren, a patriot leader, knocks on the door of Paul Revere’s house.

Joseph Warren: Paul, the British are headed to Concord. Lieutenant Colonel Smith and 700 of his troops have beencommanded to arrest John Adams and John Hancock for treason.

Paul Revere: Adams and Hancock must be warned!

Joseph Warren: I want you and Dawes to ride to Lexington tonight.

Paul Revere: The patriots in Concord must be alerted. Arrange for a signal to be sent from the steeple of the Old North Church in Boston. Flash two lanterns if the British are coming by water. Flash one if they are coming by land. I am off now to find Dawes.

Harcourt Trophies pg 647

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Question 2-A

How is the text organized?

A. cause and effect





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Question 2-B

Which is the cause and which is the effect?

Choose the cause.

A. Revere rides to warn them

B. The British will arrest Adams and Hancock for treason.


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Question 2-C

Given the cause, which is the effect? Cause Effect

The British will arrest Adams

and Hancock for treason.

A. Revere rides to warn them

B. The British will arrest Adams and Hancock for treason.

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Passage 3: Read this passage about World War 2.

“German forces stormed across Europe with unbelievable speed, taking over Denmark in a matter of hours and Norway in a matter of weeks. German troops next conquered Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

German forces then attacked France. Germany’s planes dropped bombs on France’s cities and countryside for hours at a time, and France soon surrendered.”

Harcourt Horizons Social Studies pg 336 Click to continue

Question 3-A

How did the author organize this text?

A. cause and effect





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Question 3-B

What sequence (time order) words did the passage contain?

A. with, in a matter of

B. next, then

C. stormed across, attacked, dropped


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Passage 3: Read this passage about World War 2.

“German forces stormed across Europe with unbelievable speed, taking over Denmark in a matter of hours and Norway in a matter of weeks. German troops next conquered Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium.

German forces then attacked France. Germany’s planes dropped bombs on France’s cities and countryside for hours at a time, and France soon surrendered.”

Harcourt Horizons Social Studies pg 336 Click to continue

Passage 4: Read this passage about an interview with a scientist.

Talking with Dr. Margaret Lowman

Prentice Hall: “How much do insects consume?”

Dr. Lowman: “One dramatic discovery was in the rain forest of Australia. Every spring something was eating up to 50 percent of the young leaves of the Antarctic beech trees and then mysteriously disappearing. I watched the trees for two years before I was able to capture the beetle larvae that were responsible for the damage.”

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Question 4-A

What is the text organization for this passage?

A. cause and effect





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