Grammar
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverb, often answering questions like "how?" or "when?"
What is an adverb?
This structure highlights similarities and differences between two or more subjects.
What is compare and contrast?
The reason an author writes a text.
What is author's purpose?
This point of view uses "I" or "we" and allows readers to see the story through the narrator's personal experiences.
What is first person?
"Buzz! Bang! Wham!"
What is onomatopoeia?
This punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or the omission of letters in contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
The point of a text often followed by details that support it is known as this.
What is the central idea?
When examining a text, this term refers to the underlying message or main idea that the author wants to convey.
What is theme?
The person telling the story, whether a character or an outside observer.
What is the narrator?
"He runs faster than the speed of light."
What is hyperbole?
This error occurs when two or more independent clauses are joined without appropriate punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
Elements like headings, subheadings, and bullet points help organize and clarify information in a text.
What are text features?
Editorials and opinion articles typically aim to influence public opinion and are primarily written with this purpose.
What is to persuade?
The change in a point of view can alter this element of a story, influencing how readers perceive characters and events.
What is perspective?
"The night sky was like a blanket of stars."
What is a simile?
This type of conjunction connects words, phrases, or clauses that are similar or equal, such as "and," "but," and "or."
What is a FANBOYS or coordinating conjunction?
What is narrative structure?
This style of writing often mixes informative and entertaining purposes, as seen in travel blogs and memoirs.
What is narrative writing?
A narrator whose credibility is compromised, often leading to a twist in the story, is known as what?
What is an unreliable narrator?
"The world is a stage, and her life was a play."
What is a metaphor?
The names of specific people, places, and organizations that must always begin with a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
In this text structure, the author explains why something happened and what resulted from it.
What is cause and effect?
This persuasive technique aims to evoke feelings in the reader, often used in advertisements and speeches.
What is pathos?
When authors switch between different narrators or points of view throughout a text is known as this.
What is a shift?
"Time marches on."
What is personification?