Nonfiction Text Structures
This text structure describes differences and/or similarities between things.
This poem has 3 lines and a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a haiku?
This is the sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
What does the bold word mean?
Nina was embarrassed by her blunder and couldn't believe she made such a silly mistake.
What is a mistake?
This text feature is found at the front of the book and lists the parts of the book in order.
What is the table of contents?
This text structure proposes a conflict and how that issue is resolved.
What is problem and solution?
This figurative language paints a picture in your mind and uses the five senses.
What is imagery?
This is the lesson the author wants us to learn after reading their story.
What is the theme?
What does the bold word mean?
Destiny's story was vague. She left out important details.
What is uncertain, indefinite, unclear?
A past-tense verb usually has this suffix.
What is -ed?
This text structure lists things in the order which they occured.
What is chronological order?
Identify the type of figurative language and comparison in the sentence below.
Mrs. Whittle's classroom was a zoo after every child had an energy drink for breakfast.
What is a metaphor? The classroom is being compared to a zoo.
List all types of external conflict.
What is character vs. character, character vs. nature, and character vs. society?
What does the bold word mean?
When it started to rain, Kyle sought refuge from the downpour underneath the restaurant's awning.
What is safety, cover?
What is another way to say "make an inference"?
What is an educated guess?
Common signal words for this text structure include effect, result, because, since, and if...then statements.
What is cause and effect?
List the four types of poems.
What is haiku, free verse, limerick, and ballad?
These are the two characters that most often appear in stories.
What are the protagonist and the antagonist?
What does the bold word mean?
Mr. Barnes is a jovial man who always has a smile on his face.
What is joyful, happy, pleasant?
This comes at the beginning of a word.
What is a prefix?
What text structure is this paragraph written in? Explain your answer.
Mary had a busy week. On Monday, she had a track meet until 7pm. On Tuesday after school, her orchestra class had a dress rehearsal for their concert which was on Wednesday. Then, on Thursday, she was helping out backstage for the talent show. When Mary got to school on Friday, she realized she forgot to do her homework. Fortunately, she had a homework pass and gave it to her teacher.
What is problem and solution? (Forgot to do homework, had a homework pass.)
What is chronological order? (Explains what Mary did each day of the week.)
This type of poem tells a story and can be as long or short as the speaker wants.
What is a ballad?
List the parts of the plot diagram in order.
What is exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
What does the bold word mean?
Ramona found it difficult to cope with disappointment. Afer she wasn't selected for the talent show, she cried and didn't come to school for 3 days.
What is to deal with, to handle?
I can use this to help me understand unknown words.
What is context clues, inference?