Text Structure
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Grab Bag
100

The text structure that places events in order is called _______________.



What is sequence or chronology?

100

Determination, courageous, and honesty are examples of _________________________________________.

What are character traits?

100

This form of literature has stanzas and rhymes.

What is poetry?

100

As you read, you can use ___________________________ to figure out meanings of unfamiliar words.

What are context clues?

100

The C in RACE stands for __________________.

What is cite the evidence?

200

If we eat too much food and do not exercise, we gain weight. This is an example of what text structure?  

What is cause and effect?

200

Good vs. Evil, Friendship and Heroism are examples of ___________________ in literature.

What are themes?

200

This type of literature has stage directions and dialogue.

What is drama or a play?

200

A genre of literature that usually has animals as characters and teaches a moral or lesson is called a _____________________.

What is a fable?

200

"Sensible guesses" about what you already know when reading are called _________________________.

What are inferences?

300

This text structure explains how things are alike and/or different.

What is compare and contrast?

300

Point of view that uses words like me, mine and I.

What is first person?

300

The lines in a drama are called _________________.

What is dialogue?

300

A lesson to be learned from a story is called a _________________________.

What is a moral?

300

The person who tells a story is called the ____________________.

What is the narrator?

400

A fish dies and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. The bones dissolve and are replaced by other minerals and they then become a fossil. What is the text structure?

What is cause and effect?

400

Where and when a story takes place is called its ____________________.

What is the setting?

400

_____________________________ tell characters how to act and speak or what to do on stage during a play.

What is stage directions?

400

When you retell a story in your own words, it's called a _________________________.

What is a summary?

400

The most important idea in a text is called the _______________.

What is the main idea?

500

Words such as next, first and before let you know that the author used this text structure.

What is sequence or chronological order?

500

Diagrams, timelines and graphs are examples of _______________.

What are visuals?

500

The __________________________ tells you who appears in a drama.

Who are the cast of characters?

500

He is as mean as a snake is an example of a __________________.

What is a simile?

500

A _____________________________ account is written by someone who took part in an event as it happened.

What is firsthand account?

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