Text Features
What is a text feature?
all the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text.
The PLOT of a story is...
what the story is about
Sally Sells Sea Shells by the sea shore.
what is this?
Alliteration
Information is arranged by time - the order in which events occurred - first to last.
Chronological
What is a statement that can be proven?
Fact
what are text features supposed to help with
locate important information in a text.
True or False: Dialogue is when a narrator tells the reader what is happening in the story.
False
The feather danced across the room what.
what is this?
Personification
In this type of writing the reader will find words/phrases such as a problem is, solve,or solution.
problem & solution
A statement that cannot be proven, expresses a person’s beliefs, feelings, or thoughts.
Opinion
Samantha wants to compare the
number of residents in several towns
in her area. She has gathered the
population data. What should
Samantha create to best display this
data?
Charts & graphs
When Moana set off on her journey at sea, the water immediately threw her overboard and almost drowned her. What type of conflict is this?
character vs. nature
The big little shrimp.
What is this?
oxymoron
In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.
cause & effect
Rolnaldo is the best player in the world
opinion
A man is assembling a cabinet for his
TV. He is consulting a drawing of the
cabinet that names each part and
shows, with arrows, how the parts go
together. What is the man using?
Diagrams
SETTING is the _____________ of a story.
when and where
Giving a object/animal human traits.
what Figuritive languge is this describeing?
persoifcation
Anna has to describe a square and a triangle. Her teacher told her to write a paragraph about how the two shapes are alike and how they are different. What pattern should she use?
compare and contrast
The writer’s attitude toward the his/her subject.
Tone
Which text feature is demonstrated
in the sentence below?
An anthropologist studies civilizations
and how people build communities to
live and work in.
Font Style
(Ex: italics, bold)
In Tangled, Rapunzel is conflicted about leaving her tower. This type of conflict is called...
character vs. self
Does metaphor or simile use like or as?
Simile
During the months from May to September, the loggerhead turtle comes ashore to nest at night. First, the turtle crawls out of the sea to the beach in search of the right place to build a nest for its eggs. Once the location is identified, the turtle digs a hole with its flippers that measures 8" wide and 18" deep. Next, the turtle lays around 120 eggs the size of ping-pong balls. The turtle then covers the nest by throwing sand over the nest with its flippers. The turtle does this to protect the eggs from predators. Finally, the turtle makes its way back to the sea, and does not return to attend to the nest.
Which pattern is this?
Sequence
School helps you In life in SomeWay
Fact