Text Structure
In which type of text structure does an author provide details of events in the order in which they happened?
Chronological Order or Sequential
What is the author's purpose if they are giving you lots of facts?
to inform
Which part of the plot is at the beginning of a story and reveals the setting and characters?
Exposition
Which type of figurative language uses "like" or "as" to compare two things?
Simile
What is the central message or lesson of a story called?
Theme
In which type of text structure does an author discuss the similarities and differences between two or more subjects?
Compare and Contrast
What is the author's purpose if they are trying to make you feel something?
to entertain
Which part of the plot where the problem or conflict is revealed?
Rising Action
Which type of figurative language uses words to represent sounds?
Onomatopoeia
What are two words that have the same or almost the same meaning called?
Synonyms
In which type of text structure does an author give many details or characteristics about a specific topic?
Description
What is the author's purpose if they are trying to convince you of something?
to persuade
Which part of the plot is when the story is at it's highest point of interest or at the most intense moment?
The Climax
Which type of figurative language uses compares two things without the use of a transitional word?
Metaphor
Which type of figurative language uses extreme exaggeration?
Hyperbole
In which type of text structure does an author provide information about an issue and ways to fix it?
Problem and Solution
Which point of view is a story told in if the narrator is a part of the story?
1st person POV
Which part of the plot is where the events and complications of the story begin to resolve themselves?
Falling Action
Which type of figurative language gives human qualities to something that is not human?
Personification
What are two words with opposite meanings called?
Antonyms
In which type of text structure does an author tell what happened and why it happened?
Cause and Effect
Which point of view is a story told in if the narrator is NOT a part of the story?
3rd person POV
Which part of the plot reveals or suggests the outcome of the conflict?
Resolution
Which type of figurative language uses words or phrases not meant to be taken literally? Ex: Time flies when you're having fun!
Idiom
Which type of figurative language is it when the same beginning sound is repeated in two or more times in one sentence?
Alliteration