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Text Structure/Organization Practice

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  • 1. Multiple Choice
    3 minutes
    1 pt

    Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.


    The animal kingdom can be a dangerous place. Bigger animals hunt smaller animals for food. This is a huge problem for the smaller animals. To solve this problem, the prey need to develop ways to outsmart their predators. One amazing defense mechanism that some lizards developed is called autonomy. When attacked, certain lizards can actually detach their tails from their bodies. The tail keeps wagging for several minutes or more, distracting the predator. Meanwhile, the lizard scurries off to safety, solving the lizard's immediate problem.

    The author organizes the text by explaining a way that animals defend themselves against predators

    The author organizes the text by comparing lizards to other small animals

    The author organizes the text by describing how lizards lose their tails

  • 2. Multiple Choice
    3 minutes
    1 pt

    Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.


    In 1835, James Bowman invented the light bulb, which uses electricity to make light. This invention caused huge changes across the world. In a basic sense, this new and easy way of creating light meant that it was now much easier to perform tasks after dark. As a result of the light bulb, businesses could stay open later. Homes and streets were now better lit for nighttime activity. It also made things safer, as the gaslights that were used before light bulbs could be very dangerous

    The author organizes the text by explaining how James Bowman created the light bulb

    The author organizes the text by describing how lightbulbs made things safer

    The author organizes the text listing the ways that the invention of the lightbulb caused major changes in the world.

  • 3. Multiple Choice
    3 minutes
    1 pt

    Read the section below and choose the best answer on how the author organizes the text.


    A butterfly's life cycle comes in four stages. First, a butterfly lays its eggs, which take only about five days to hatch. In stage two, a caterpillar emerges from the egg and starts eating everything in sight. When the caterpillar is done growing, it enters stage three and begins making a protective shell called a chrysalis. Inside the chrysalis, the caterpillar turns into a butterfly. In stage four, the chrysalis opens to reveal a beautiful butterfly. Eventually, it lays eggs, and the cycle begins again.

    The author organizes the text by describing the stages of the life cycle that a caterpillar goes before becoming a butterfly.

    The author organizes the text by detailing how a caterpillaremerges from the egg and eats everything in sight.

    The author organizes the text by explaining how a caterpillar makes a protective shell called a chrysalis.

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