| Description | This type of text structure features a detailed description of something to give the reader a mental picture. Example: A book may tell all about whales or describe what the geography is like in a particular region. | |
| Cause and Effect | This structure presents the causal relationship between a specific event, idea, or concept and the events, ideas, or concept that follow. Example: Weather patterns could be described that explain why a big snowstorm occurred. | |
| Comparison / Contrast | This type of text examines the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, concepts, ideas, etc. Example: A book about ancient Greece may explain how the Spartan women were different from the Athenian women. | |
| Order / Sequence | This text structure gives readers a chronological of events or a list of steps in a procedure. Example: A book about the American revolution might list the events leading to the war. In another book, steps involved in harvesting blue crabs might be told. | |
| Problem–Solution | This type of structure sets up a problem or problems, explains the solution, and then discusses the effects of the solution. |
