Author's Purpose
This tells why an author writes a text
What is author’s purpose?
The main event or problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
This pattern helps you understand the sequence of events, like in a process or a timeline.
What is sequence or chronological order?
In a drama, this tells the actors what to do on stage.
What are stage directions?
This is a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
An author writes this way to entertain you, like a funny short story or a comic book.
What is entertain?
The person, animal, or thing in the story that the reader follows closely. They typically do good things.
Who is the protagonist?
This organizational pattern presents information by describing a problem and offering possible solutions.
What is problem and solution?
This is the part of a story where characters speak to each other, shown with quotation marks.
What is dialogue?
This literary device gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
In a newspaper article about a local election, the author shares facts about the candidates' policies, background, and experience.
What is inform?
These are the important lessons or messages in a story that relate to real-life experiences.
What is the theme?
This pattern compares and contrasts two or more things, pointing out similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
These are objects actors use on stage or in a story to help tell the story and make scenes more realistic.
What are props?
The feeling the poet wants to convey is called this.
What is the mood?
In a short story about a group of friends on a rollercoaster, the author includes funny dialogue and exciting events to keep the reader laughing.
What is entertain?
This is the problem or struggle the main character faces in the story.
What is the conflict?
This pattern explains the causes of an event and its effects.
What is cause and effect?
A major section of a play that often contains smaller parts and shows a big part of the story.
What is an act?
These are lines or groups of lines in a poem, usually separated by spaces.
What are stanzas?
In an advertisement for a new sports drink, the author highlights how the drink improves performance and energy, encouraging you to try it.
What is persuade?
This is the point in the story when the conflict is resolved and the story comes to an end.
What is the resolution?
These help readers understand a nonfiction text and include things like headings, captions, bold words, and diagrams.
What are text features?
A smaller part of an act that usually takes place in one location or time.
What is a scene?
This is a comparison between two things without using the words “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?