GED Reasoning Through Language ArtsReading ComprehensionEasy
A student is reading an excerpt from a science textbook about the water cycle. The text begins by defining evaporation, then describes condensation, followed by precipitation, and concludes with collection. What type of text structure is primarily used in this excerpt?
- AProblem and Solution
- BChronological/Sequential
- CDescription
- DCompare and Contrast
Show answer & explanationAnswer & explanation
Correct answer: B. Chronological/Sequential
The text describes a series of events (evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection) in the order they occur to explain the water cycle. This indicates a chronological or sequential text structure.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. The text explains a process, not a problem and its resolution.
- C. While there is description, the primary organization is by the order of events in the cycle, making sequential a more precise fit.
- D. There's no indication of comparing or contrasting different elements of the water cycle.
Text Structure: Sequential
A text structure that organizes information in a step-by-step or chronological order, often used to describe processes, procedures, or historical events.
- Uses signal words like 'first,' 'next,' 'then,' 'finally,' 'before,' 'after.'
- Focuses on the order in which events or steps occur.
- Common in instructions, recipes, and scientific processes.
Memory trick: How is this text built? Is it a timeline, a comparison, a cause, a problem, or just a description?