Text Structure
Authors
What makes a text
Comprehending Text
100
A structure of text in a specific order of events.
What is chronology
100
Author's feelings about a topic.
What is the author's point of view?
100
Central Idea
What is the most important point (main idea) the author is trying to get across to the reader?
100
Summary
What is stating in your own words the central idea and supporting details?
200
Used to explain differences and similarities of people or ideas.
What is compare and contrast?
200
The attitude or feelings of the narrator or speaker.
What is tone?
200
Climax
What is the moment of greatest suspense, surprise, or excitement?
200
Text Evidence
What are words from the text that support your ideas/answers? PROVE IT!
300
The text presents a problem and solves it.
What is problem/solution?
300
Why the author wrote the story.
What is author's purpose?
300
Conflict
What is the struggle that the main character tries to overcome (problem)
300
Theme
What is the message/moral/lesson of the passage?
400
Explains why one thing results from another.
What is cause and effect?
400
Evidence.
What is information that supports an author's reason for his belief?
400
dialogue
What is conversation between characters?
400
Character Traits
What are the inherited characteristics or qualities of a character?
500
The way a text is organized.
What is text structure?
500
Inference
What is a conclusion drawn (inferred) based on the text evidence?
500
Plot
What is the series of events that make up the story?
500
Protagonist
What is the main character (usually the good guy) in the text?
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