Informational Text Structures
Define informational text.
A text that is non-fiction based on real life people, places, or events.
Define Author's Purpose(P.I.E. acronym).
P=Persuade
I=Inform
E=Entertain
You use similes, metaphors, hyperboles and other figures of speech; to describe, compare, exaggerate, and understate things in a interesting way.
What is figurative language?
Define Greek & Latin root words.
A word that can stand alone by itself, from Greek & Latin language.
Define theme.
The moral, message, or life lesson from a fictional story, which can be applied to real life.
Name the 5 types of informational text structures.
Define the different Point of Views.
1ST Person Point of View
2nd Person Point of View
3rd Person Limited Point of View
3rd Person Omniscient Point of View
3rd Person Objective Point of View
The hippopotamus skin is smooth as a baby's bottom.
What is a simile?
What is a prefix?
A letter of letters added to the beginning of a root word to change its meaning.
Define main idea.
What the text is mostly about.
A recipe for sweet potato pies.
What is Sequence/Chronological Order?
An instructional manual for replacing a car engine.
What is inform(Author's Purpose)?
Ms. Frayall gave us a ton of homework last week!
What is a hyperbole?
What is a suffix?
A letter or letters added to the end of a root word to change its meaning.
What are the 5 parts of a plot diagram?
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution.
An explanatory essay about how underage drinking & texting is the reasons for car accidents.
What is Cause & Effect?
As Ronald walked away from the football field, he reminisced about all the times he led his team to victory.
What is 3rd person limited point of view?
The old house whimpered as the seller walked up the stairs
What is personification?
Give an example using the prefix is auto-.
Give an example using the suffix is -less.
Answer vary.
Money is the root of all evil.
What is theme?
Why do writers use different text structures?
Writers use different structures to build their ideas. Each text structure communicates ideas in a different way.
Give an example of a sentence with 2nd person point of view.
Give an example of a sentence with 3rd person objective point of view.
Answers vary.
Name the 3 different types of allusions in literature?
Literary, Biblical, and Mythology.
My pet dog Cashmere, is a misfit with an uncontrollable temper. I wish he wasn't so disobedient!
State the prefix, suffix, and root word in the sentence.
What is the main idea of While The World Watched by Carolyn Maull McKinstry?
A narrative account of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that took place in Birmingham, Alabama during the 1960s;which ignited the Civil Rights Movement.