What structure is used? Yet everyone who took the stairway from the eighth floor got out alive, exiting through the Washington Place doors. Those on the ninth floor were not so lucky.

Authors use this structure to present information about things that are different but have something in common, such as two points of view on a subject.

What structure is used? There were no lights in the stairway, so they had to grope their way in darkness. A girl fell; others fell on top of her, blocking the stairs until firefighters arrived moments later.

What structure is used? We will never know for sure what started the Triangle Fire. Most likely, a cutter flicked a hot ash or tossed a live cigarette butt into a scrap bin. Whatever the cause, survivors said ...

What structure is used? Despite the danger, the operators made several trips, saving scores of workers before heat bent the elevators’ tracks and put them out of action.

What structure is used? At exactly 4:45 p.m., someone pulled the eighth-floor fire alarm. In less than two minutes, the horse-drawn vehicles of Engine Company 72 arrived from a firehouse six blocks away. The moment they arrived...

What structure is used? Just then, Frances Perkins reached the scene from her friend’s town house on the north side of Washington Square. “Here they come,” onlookers shouted as Engine Company 72 reined in their horses. Seconds later,...

These signal words are clues to what text structure? First, next, last Before, after, During, While, Dates, Times, Steps

These signal words are clues to what text structure? Because, Since, If Then, Due to

This structure includes details to give the reader a mental picture

What structure is used? “Every time another piece dropped, light scraps of burning fabric began to fly around the room. They came down on the other tables and they fell on the machines. Then the line broke and the whole string...

A writer presents a problem or a series of problems, and offers solutions on how to solve them.