The different reasons why authors write something.
What is Author's Purpose?
100
Transition words for __________(type of text structure) are: problem, solution, solve, effect, helpful...
What is Problem/Solution?
100
A letter or group of letters attached to the beginning of a word that partly indicates its meaning.
What is a Prefix?
100
The suffix -dom means _________.
What is place, state of being?
For example: wisdom : possessing knowledge
100
According to the Chinese Zodiac the year 2008 is the year of the ______.
What is the Rat?
200
The physical presentation of text and text structures.
What is Text Organization?
200
The Author's Purpose in a letter of intent is to _________ the person/organization to whom they are writing.
What is to Persuade?
200
The form of a word after all affixes are removed.
What is Root?
200
The root bio is Greek and means ________.
What is life?
200
The _________ began on April 12, 1861.
What is the American Civil War?
300
The 5 types of Author's Purpose.
What are to
Inform
Entertain
Explain
Explore
Persuade
300
A receipt is an example of _________Text Structure.
What is Process or Sequential?
300
A word element (morpheme)--usually a prefix or suffix--that can be attached to a base, stem, or root to form a new word.
What is an Affix?
300
The root corp is Latin and means ______.
What is body?
300
The baseball hall of fame is in ______________.
What is Cooperstown New York?
400
The organizational pattern an author uses to structure the ideas in a text.
What is Text Structure?
400
A Venn Diagram is great for organizing a _________ Text Structure.
What is Compare and Contrast?
400
A letter or group of letters attached to the end of a word that partly indicates its meaning.
What is a Suffix?
400
The root dog is Greek and means _______.
What is thought or idea?
400
The real Taj Mahal is in ________(city) _________(country).
What is Agra, India?
500
The 11 types of Text Structure.
What are
Cause/Effect
Classification
Compare/Contrast
Concept/Definition
Description
Goal/Action/Outcome
Narration
Problem/Solution
Process
Proposition/Support
Sequential
500
The difference between Text Organization and Text Structure is ________.
What is that Text Organization is the physical presentation of a text and Text Structure is the organizational pattern used to structure the ideas in a text.
500
The prefix a-, an- means ______.
What is not, without?
For example:
apolitical (adjective): without interest in politics
anemia (noun): the condition (disease) of not having enough red blood cells
o an + em + ia
500
_______(first name) _______(last name) painted the famous painting Starry Night.