Linking Purpose to Structure Answer Key

This worksheet teaches students how an author’s purpose influences their choice of text structure. Learners match specific purposes (to inform, to explain, to convince, to compare) with the structure best suited to achieve them. A follow-up prompt encourages students to write a brief passage demonstrating a selected purpose and matching structure. The activity enhances understanding of how organization supports intent, fostering strategic reading and purposeful writing.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Informational Text: Analyze Purpose and Structure

English Language Arts – Writing: Compose for Specific Purposes

English Language Arts – Critical Thinking: Connect Purpose to Organization

English Language Arts – Reading Comprehension: Author’s Intent and Structure

This worksheet is part of our Matching Text to Structure Type collection.