Text Structure
Important Terms
Story Basics
Reading Vocab.
Point of View
100
This type of text structure includes lots of dates or steps/instructions. It will tell events in the order that they happened.
What is sequence/chronological order?
100

The lesson or the message in a story.

What is theme?

100

What are the 5W's in writing?

What are.....Who, What, When, Where and Why?

100
This is what someone thinks, feels, believes. It cannot be proven correct/incorrect.
What is an opinion?
100
When a character in the story tells the story from his/her point of view.
What is 1st person POV?
200
This type of text structure tells how two things are alike and how they are different. It may include a Venn Diagram or Double Bubble organizer.
What is compare & contrast?
200

When and where a story takes place. 

What is setting?

200

The part of the story with the moment of highest emotional intensity. 

What is the climax?

200
The retelling of the main events of the story in sequence. It is usually brief.
What is a summary?
200
When the narrator is someone outside of the story and knows how ALL characters feel and what they are thinking.
What is 3rd Person Omniscient POV?
300
This type of text structure describes an issue and tells how it is resolved or ways it can be resolved.
What is problem & solution?
300

To make an educated guess using text or background knowledge.

What is inference?

300
The part of the story where the problem is solved.
What is resolution?
300

This means "to figure it out" using clues from the story or text.

What is infer/ or inference?

300
When the narrator is telling YOU directions or giving the reader instructions in the text.
What is 2nd Person POV?
400

This type of text structure gives details about a topic, event, or object. It includes characteristics to help the reader better understand the topic, event, or object.

What is description?

400

The basic sequence of events in a story.

What is plot?

400
The part of the story that builds interest/suspense and it's usually where the problem or conflict develops.
What is the rising action?
400

When you can relate the passage to something else that you've read, something that you've experienced, or something that you know about.

What is making connections?

400

The person telling the story.

Who is a narrator?

500
This type of text structure tells about an event/action and lists the results of the event/action. Or, it may tell about an event and why it happened.
What is cause & effect?
500

This is what the text is mostly about.

What is the main idea?

500
The way the author seems to tell the story - they way he/she is speaking to the reader.
What is the tone?
500
The reason why an author writes a story, article, or text.
What is author's purpose?
500
When the narrator is outside of the story and only knows the thoughts & feelings of one of the main characters in the story.
What is 3rd Person Limited POV?
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