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Grade 8 Text Structure Worksheet with Answers

Grade 8 (US) · Year 9 (UK) · Class 8 (India) · English

Unit 5: Reading Informational TextText StructureCCSS RI.8.5

Recognizing sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, problem and solution, and description. This free middle school worksheet has 12 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Text Structure

Grade 8 · English

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Learning goal: Text Structure · CCSS RI.8.5

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

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Text structure? 'The cheetah has spots, long legs and a small head.'

Answer: description

RememberText structures

SequenceCompareCause → effectProblem → solutionDescription123?✓
Part A

What is the text structure of each passage?

  1. 1

    Plastic fills the oceans. Cities can ban plastic bags and fund recycling.

  2. 2

    In 1903 the Wright brothers flew. By 1927, Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic.

  3. 3

    Both Mars and Earth have seasons; however, Mars is much colder.

  4. 4

    As a result of the new bridge, traffic fell by half.

  5. 5

    Because it didn't rain, the crops dried up.

  6. 6

    First, mix the flour. Next, add eggs. Finally, bake for 20 minutes.

  7. 7

    Frogs have smooth skin, but toads have bumpy skin.

  8. 8

    The playground was flooded. The class built a drain to fix it.

Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 9

    Which signal words show cause and effect?

  2. 10

    Which signal words show compare and contrast?

  3. 11

    Which signal words show sequence?

  4. 12

    Why might an author use a problem-and-solution structure?

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  1. 1.problem and solution
  2. 2.chronological
  3. 3.compare and contrast
  4. 4.cause and effect
  5. 5.cause and effect
  6. 6.sequence / chronological
  7. 7.compare and contrast
  8. 8.problem and solution
  9. 9.because, so, as a result, therefore
  10. 10.however, but, similarly, both, unlike
  11. 11.first, next, then, finally
  12. 12.to explain a problem and persuade or show how it can be fixed
  13. ★footsteps (challenge corner)

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