Author's Purpose/Types of Texts
The purpose of a Fiction Text
To Entertain
How much wood could a wood-chuck chuck if a wood-chuck could chuck wood?
Alliteration
The lesson learned
Theme
How the dictionary is organized
Alphabetically
The main event in writing
Plot
The purpose of Informational Texts
To Inform
BANG, the car door blasted open as Walter watched.
Onomatopoeia
Theme of The Three Little Pigs
taking your time to do something right pays off
Fragile
easily broken or destroyed
Where action takes place
Setting
The purpose for argumentative texts
To persuade
The wind whispered through the window.
Personification
Theme of the Tortoise and The Hare
Slow and Steady wins the race
Climb
to go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Problem in the story (internal or external)
Conflict
Two ways Literary Non-Fiction is organized
Narrative and Informational
The grass was green the water was crystal clear and the birds were chirping, it was the sunniest day ever.
Imagery
Theme of Hunger Games
Oppression, Sacrifice, Bravery
Preening
to admire one's appearance or a bird straightening its feathers
Techniques used to create a Persuasive Text
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
The purpose of a poem
To Describe
You know, you're being a real Scrooge right now.
Allusion/Metaphor
Theme of Why Not Me
Grass isn't always greener on the other side
Disappointment
defeated in expectation or hope
hint about events that will happen later that builds suspense
foreshadowing