Text Features & Structures
A heading or bold word is an example of this
What is a text feature?
Writers use this to describe what something looks, smells, or feels like
What is sensory details?
A sentence must begin with this
What is a capital letter?
The main message or lesson in a story
What is the theme?
A word that means "very happy"
What is joyful?
A diagram or chart helps you do this
What is understand information?
The beginning of a story or paragraph is called this
What is an introduction?
“They’re” is a contraction of these two words
What is they are?
When you tell what will happen next in a story
What is predicting?
A word that means the opposite of "ancient"
What is modern or new?
A nonfiction text that tells steps in order is using this structure
What is sequence or chronological order?
This grabs the reader’s attention at the start
What is a hook?
A word that shows action
What is a verb?
The person who tells the story
What is the narrator?
To "analyze" means to do this to information
What is break it down?
A comparison of how two things are alike and different
What is compare and contrast?
Comparing two things using like or as
What is a simile?
The subject of a sentence does this
What is performs the action?
This helps readers understand a character’s feelings
What is dialogue or actions?
A synonym for “examine closely”
What is inspect?
A glossary is found in this part of a book
What is the back?
The reason an author writes something
What is author’s purpose?
A sentence that asks a question ends with this
What is a question mark?
Events in the story are usually shown in this order
What is sequence (beginning to end)?
The prefix re- means this
What is again?