Headline Structure Match Answer Key

In this journalism-themed worksheet, students analyze newspaper-style headlines to infer the underlying text structure. Each headline reflects a different organizational type, such as cause/effect or compare/contrast. After matching headlines with their structures, learners write original headlines representing each pattern. This task strengthens inferential reasoning, creativity, and understanding of how structure shapes informational writing, even in concise forms like headlines.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Reading Informational Text: Analyze Text Structures in Media

English Language Arts – Writing: Develop and Apply Organizational Patterns

English Language Arts – Critical Thinking: Inference and Interpretation

English Language Arts – Vocabulary: Structural Awareness in Context

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