Text Features
In nonfiction, use these to show the important idea of each section
Subheading or Subtitle
The main events of a story and how the are connected together
Plot
A biography is usually written with this structure
Time order / Sequence / Chronological
Muhammed Ali's famous quote, "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" uses
Similes
"The dark clouds rolled in and the wind picked up. We didn't have much time left. My heart started to pound." What person is this written in?
First person
Use this text feature to emphasize a word or phrase
Bold type
The name for characters talking to each other
Dialogue
An article about Covid and creating the vaccinations for it would use this structure
Problem solution
If someone has a volcanic temper, that is an example of a
Why do author's choose to write in first person?
They can show what is happening in a character's mind more easily (thoughts, feelings, flashbacks, etc.)
Put these below pictures to identify them
Captions
A play is broken into these parts
Acts and scenes
An article examining who is better, Messi or Ronaldo, would use this structure
Compare and Contrast
"The old couch groaned and complained if more than one person sat on it" is an example of
Personification
If a story is written in third person, who is telling the story?
The narrator tells the story about the characters.
Use this for different types of writing, like character thinking or a letter in a story.
Italics
Instructions in a play about what the actors are doing, not spoken out loud.
Stage directions
An article about how draining wetlands increases flooding would use the structure
Cause and Effect
When I got frustrated that we didn't finish our project, my grandmother said, "Rome wasn't build in a day." This is an example of
Proverb / Adage
These are common latin root words: Sol = Sun; Aqua = water; Terra = earth. Find an English word made from each of those root words (3 word total).
Examples: Aquatic, aquarium, solar, solstice, terrain, terrarium
A picture with words to explain different parts of it.
Diagram
These elements make up the main parts of a story, so they are called ________ elements.
Literary elements
Most stories are structured around a main _____ and a ______
Problem and resolution
If you say a character "breaks the ice" or escapes "by the skin of their teeth", you are using
The Latin for "walk" is "ambulare" and for sleep is "somnum". Using those word roots, give a definition for "Somnambulist?"
A sleep walker.