Text structures
When the author uses this text structure, they provides details or characteristics of something.
What is description
A heading helps the reader to
What is find the main idea of a section of the text.
What the text is mostly about & what you use to prove what the text is mostly about
What is Main Idea
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile
The genre you identify the characters, setting, plot
What is fiction
What text structure shows the events or procedures in time order? What are some words that the author might use?
What is chronological order or sequence
A photographer is an actual picture of something, but an illustration is..
What is a drawing.
Explain what you are summarizing if you name the text structures, text features, main idea, details, author's perspective.
What is a nonfiction
An author uses figurative language to help the reader
What is to visualize.
When a character changes in a story, what text structure is being used by the author.
What is cause and effect.
This text feature uses clue words: because, if, so, then, as a result.
What is Cause & Effect
What is the glossary.
There are so many of these and they are used to help a reader better understand a nonfiction text.
What are Text Features
A phrase that does not really mean what it says.
What is an idiom
What is the character traits.
Example: If your ice begins to melt, put it in the freezer.
What text structure is used in this sentence.
What is Problem and Solution
A table of content helps the reader
What is to find the chapters in the book and the pages you can find those chapters.
You use the problem, main idea, most important details, and solution to figure this out.
What is Theme
The phrase "Getting a taste of your own medicine" means
What is to be treated the same way you treat others.
Another word for the lesson or theme of the story.
What is the moral.
Clue Words: Both, Alike, However, on the other hand, neither
What is Compare and Contrast
A text box is important
What is to learn extra information not found in the text.
A conclusion based on evidence and your own reasoning or knowledge
What is an inference
The sound "C -R -U -N -C -H" is an example of
What is onomatopeia
The setting of a story describes
What is the time and place