Text Structure
What are the five kinds of text structure?
Descriptive, Chronological/Sequential, Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast
What is it called when a story goes back in time to give extra information and details?
Flashback
What are the three kinds of author's purpose we focused on in class?
Persuade, Entertain, Inform,
What does STEAL stand for, when making a character STEAL chart?
S: Speech
T: Thoughts
E: Effect on Others
A: Actions
L: Looks
What is a noun?
A person, place or thing
Which text structure uses the most adjectives?
Descriptive
What is it called when a story goes back in time to give extra information and details?
Flashback
What is the author's purpose for the majority of NARRATIVE reading?
To entertain
What punction mark is used to identify dialogue in a reading?
Quotation Marks
What parts of speech are adverbs used to describe?
Adjectives and verbs
If you see the words similar and different in a reading passage, what text structure is being used?
Compare & Contrast
Feeling overwhelmed, the young man answered the fifth text he received that morning with, "I have a million things to do today, and everyone is texting asking me to help them!"
What narrative technique is being used here?
What is Hyperbole?
If you were reading a document in a hospital about a sick patient, what would the author's purpose be?
To inform
If a character stops someone from getting bullied in a busy hallway, what is the best word you could use to describe them?
A. Silly
B. Annoying
C. Nosy
D. Brave
D. Brave
Which part of speech is always the subject of a sentence?
Noun
If you were giving someone directions on how to mow the lawn, what text structure is being used?
Why would one story want multiple plot lines?
To give the reader a broader understanding of the story with multiple perspectives
If you were reading a speech of someone trying to convince their government to add a stoplight in their city, what would the author's purpose be?
To persuade
If a character has their hair pushed away from their face, focusing really intently to not make any mistakes, and completed creating something beautiful. That character is most likely?
A. Exercising
B. Reading a book
C. Decorating a cake
D. Singing a song
A. Decorating a cake
List the Coordinating conjunctions. (Hint: used to join two independent sentences using a comma)
For
And
Nor
But
Yet
So
If you see as a result in a passage, what text structure is being used?
Cause and Effect
The tired, overworked desk groaned under the weight of the teacher.
What narrative technique is being used here?
Personification (Wind can't whisper)
The rusted hinges of the old cabin door screamed in protest as Maya shoved it open, revealing an interior coated in decades of undisturbed dust. Sunlight sliced through the cracked ceiling, illuminating a labyrinth of floating motes and the shadowy silhouette of a grand piano resting boldly against the far wall. Without thinking, she stepped forward, her sneaker shattering the absolute silence with a brittle crunch. As she wiped a thick layer of grime from the mahogany surface, an involuntary shiver raced down her spine, not from the biting autumn chill, but from the distinct, undeniable sense that the empty room was holding its breath, waiting for her to play.
What is the author's purpose?
To entertain
"Do you guys see what I'm seeing?" Brad choked.
He gulped and clutched his car keys tight as the grizzly bear approached their tent.
"Guys, I think I just peed myself," Tony confessed, while in fetal position.
Whose quote reveals more about their character?
Tony
What part of speech is meant to help understand the time, place or direction of a sentence?
Prepositions