Text Structure
When an author uses dates and times in the text, this is an example of
What is chronology?
The people or animals that act out the story.
What are the charaacters?
These organizational elements, photographs, captions, headings, and charts, are in nonfiction text
What are text features?
We had to *vacate* the building when the tornado siren sounded because no one could be left in side.
What is leave empty?
What type of figurative language is this?
"My plants are begging for water."
What is personification?
What kind of writing is shown below? (Hint: look at the punctuation!) "When will we eat dinner?" I asked mom. Mom said, "Soon
What is dialogue?
The time and place the story takes place
What is the setting?
This is what supports the central idea in a text
What are the relevant details?
My body was still *quivering* after my brother jumped out from behind the bush to scare me.
What is a shaking?
What type of figurative language is this?
"That was the easiest quiz in the world."
What is hyperbole?
What is the text structure below? Sometimes, hawks and owls are badly injured by cars. These birds face a huge problem, because they can no longer hunt for food. One way to fix this is to keep the birds at special rehabilitation centers. People can visit the centers to learn more about hawks and owls.
What is problem and solution?
Setting, events, conflict, and character development are all a part of these elements in a literary text
a. The text features
b. The text structure
c. The plot
What is the plot?.
This is when the author uses evidence and reasons to persuade readers of an opinion.
What is an author's claim?
The student tried to *assimilate* the information so that he could understand how satellites orbit in space
What is learn?
What type of figurative language is this?
"Please put away your paints and practice the piano."
What is alliteration?
What is the text structure below? When I unrolled the carpet on my living room floor, I accidentally bumped into the table. The table fell with a crash and the green potted plant on top of it tumbled onto the hardwood floor. What a mess!
What is cause and effect?
The message that is in the story or what the story is about.
What is the theme?
a perspective on a topic or idea
What is the author's purpose?
The giant ice cream sundae was so *scrumptious* that I ate the entire thing.
What is delicious?
What type of figurative language is this?
"In our third-grade pageant, we shone like stars."
What is a simile?
What is the text structure below? A paperback and a kindle are both ways to read a book. Paperbacks take up a lot of space on your book shelf, but one kindle can hold thousands of books in just the space of a tablet.
What is compare and contrast?
Characters develop throughout the plot in a literary text. These things are included when explaining character development.
a. feelings, friends, family
b. feelings, motivation, traits
c. feelings, setting, and events
d. feelings, characters, and situations
What is B?
Feelings, motivation and traits.
The way a text is organized
What is the structure?
Where we live in Northern Maine, the winters are quite harsh. Each year we fly to a warm climate for a break from the cold weather. It feels like *utopia* every time we step off the plane at our destination.
What is dreamland?.
What type of figurative language is this?
"He’s a bull in a china shop."
What is a metaphor?