Text Structure
The text structure
What is author's way of organizing their writing to help readers better understand the text?
The point that the author wants you to remember is called?
What is central idea.
Poetry can tell a story, describe a situation, or appeal to the senses.
Read lines 13–15.
Near the treetops,
layers of leaves and limbs interconnect,
knitted like a blanket covering the forest.
Think about the prefix inter-. What is the meaning of interconnect above?
to connect between
The purpose of comparison and contrast is...
What is describing how things are alike and different?
The central idea is also known as...
What is main idea?
Where each line of text ends is...
What is line break?
Think about the suffix –ness. The meaning of happiness above is...
What is the state of being happy?
The purpose of cause and effect is...
What is explaining what happened and why it happened??
Summers in Death Valley are hot. During the summer months, the average temperature is about 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Daytime temperatures can skyrocket to 116 degrees, while nighttime temperatures are in the 80s. Death Valley is also the lowest place in North America. Most land on Earth is at or above sea level, which is the level of the ocean’s surface. Only a few places in the world have land that is below sea level. Death Valley is one of those places. One part of the valley, called Badwater Basin, sinks 282 feet below sea level.
What is a central idea of “Death Valley”? Use details from the article to support your answer.
The central idea of "Death Valley" is how beautiful Death Valley is the hottest, lowest, and driest place in the country.
A group of lines a poem is...
What is stanza?
Read the sentence from paragraph 3.
It includes four mountain ranges that extend through the California desert.
Now read the dictionary entry.
extend (ik-’stend) verb
1. to take up space
2. to cause to last longer: extend the school day by an hour
3. to put off until later: extend a deadline
4. to give or offer
Which definition best matches the way extend is used in the sentence?
A definition 1
B definition 2
C definition 3
D definition 4
A definition 1
The purpose of problem and solution is...
What is showing a problem and how it is solved?
What is the central idea in this passage?
Tornadoes are spinning tubes of air that touch both the ground and a cloud above. Most tornadoes have wind speeds less than 100 miles per hour, but extreme tornadoes reach speeds over 300 miles per hour! Tornadoes cause an average of 70 fatalities and 1,500 injuries in the U.S. each year.
Tornadoes are very dangerous and damaging.
Words with the same ending sounds at the end of lines or stanza is...
What is rhyming words?
Though they had ____ hiked for three hours through thick forest, they were only halfway to camp.
Which word would be best to add to the blank in sentence 2?
A just
B quite
C always
D enough
The purpose of sequencing...
What is explaining events in order?
What is the central idea in this passage?
George Washington was a great president. Washington's head can be found on a quarter and one dollar bill. There is also a tall stone structure in Washington, D.C. called the Washington Monument. George Washington even has a picture of his face carved on the side of a mountain! Schools and street names have been named after him, too. With all of those things to remind us, there's no way we can forget about our first president.
There are many ways that people celebrate and honor George Washington's life.
Read stanza 2 of the poem.
The forest has been shaped over millions of years, the earth shifting and moving around it. But these trees planted their roots at the beginning of time, proudly rose up and patiently waited while the rest of the world pieced itself into place.
Why is this stanza important to the poem?
A It describes the size of the forest.
B It discusses the history of the forest.
C It explains where the forest is located.
D It tells how the forest protects the land.
B It discusses the history of the forest.
Through the fir branches, they saw the orange bright sun sinking behind the mountain peaks.
What is the correct way to write the underlined words?
A orange sun bright
B sun bright orange
C bright orange sun
D No change is needed.
C bright orange sun