Text Structures: Relationships That Organize Information — Drills · Grade 7 English

Chapter: Information, Media & Evidence

What these drills covers

By the end of Text Structures: Relationships That Organize Information you should be able to:

4 questions, written answer, each with a worked explanation.

Vocabulary used: sequence, cause and effect, evidence, qualification, revision.

Problem 1

Without opening a model: Explain sequence in the assigned reading, distinguishing it from a related idea.
Answer and explanation

An arrangement showing order or steps. Identify how ideas are related: in time, by a proposed cause, through shared comparison criteria, or as a problem and response. A text can use several structures within different sections. Describe the relationship in the relevant passage rather than force one label onto everything.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 2

Without opening a model: Explain the difference between the procedure and the missing-record explanation.
Answer and explanation

The procedure uses sequence to show an order of actions. The missing-record passage explains a category distinction and the consequence of confusing categories. Order alone does not establish that one event caused another; the second explanation gives a reason for a recording rule.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 3

Without opening a model: Evaluate this claim: “One signal word determines the whole text’s structure.” Explain a correction in context.
Answer and explanation

This claim is misleading. A comparison needs consistent criteria. A photograph and a log can be compared by what each records and what each omits. Changing the criterion midway creates a weak comparison. A striking photograph is not automatically a stronger record of repeated trials. The procedure uses sequence to show an order of actions. The missing-record passage explains a category distinction and the consequence of confusing categories. Order alone does not establish that one event caused another; the second explanation gives a reason for a recording rule.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

Problem 4

Without opening a model: Does the word “after” prove a cause-and-effect structure?
Answer and explanation

No. It can mark sequence without explaining a cause. Look for a supported mechanism or relationship between the events.

Use the model to discuss reasoning after an independent attempt. A different accurate supported response can be correct; written work needs human marking.

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