Text Structures
This text structure gives specific details about a subject and uses key words like for example.
Description
Figuratively comparing two things using like or as
Simile
Text Evidence
The main message in the story, usually contains a universal truth about life
Theme
When combining two complete sentences use a comma and a _____________
This text structure gives steps in order and uses key words like first, then, and next.
Sequence
Descriptive language that appeals to the 5 senses (taste, touch, smell, sound, sight)
Imagery
The last paragraph in an essay
Conclusion
A struggle between a character and someone or something else; a pressure
External Conflict
When you write a complex sentence and start with a word like Because or Since, you will need this between the clauses
a comma
This structure organizes information by dates or a timeline
Chronological Order
Giving non-human objects human characteristics
Personification
What a paragraph or section of an article is mostly about
Main Idea
A struggle a character has within himself or herself
Internal Conflict
A complete sentence needs a subject and a _____
verb
This structure shows how one event makes another event happen
Cause/Effect
Figuratively comparing two things by saying one thing is the other
Metaphor
The sentence that answers the prompt and guides your entire essay
Thesis statement/controlling idea/claim
The feeling or atmosphere of the setting in a story
Mood
You add 's to words to show
Possession
This text structure explores similarities and differences on a topic.
Compare/Contrast
Repeating the first sound in a group of words for effect when read aloud
Alliteration
Use these to punctuate your text evidence or dialogue when writing
Quotation Marks
Features of a character's personality that make them who they are
Character Trait
Two complete sentences with just a comma between them is called a ________
Run-on sentence