Identify the text structure of the following paragraph. Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem. Group of answer choices Description Cause/effect Chronological order Compare/contrast Problem/solution Sequence

Problem/solution

Explanation:

Text structure can be defined as words used to describe how a writer or an author organizes his or her words in a literary work.

In English language, there are five (5) nonfiction text structures and these includes;

a. Sequence: this type of text structure make use of words such as after, before, finally, next, then, etc., to describe an event in a timely manner or order of time.

b. Compare and Contrast: it used for the comparison of two or more things to show similarities and differences i.e how they are alike and different.

c. Cause and Effect: it gives the relationship between two things or events in which an occurrence of one (cause) leads to the occurrence of another (effect). Signal words such as consequently, because, as a result, therefore, due to, since, etc.

d. Description (list): this type of text structure list lot of facts or details about a subject, making use of phrases such as more importantly, for instance, for example, etc.

e. Problem and Solution: it describes a problem and proffers a solution using signal words such as dilemma, solve, problem, etc.

From the passage, we learnt that wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing.

However, some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may go into extinction and perhaps exist only in zoos.

The solution proffered by the people is to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live (habitat) from being cut down.

Hence, the text structure used in the above paragraph is a problem-solution structure.