Text Structures
Cause is why something happened. Effect is what happened. (Sometimes the effect is listed first.)
Cause and Effect
Elsa has to isolate herself because she is struggling with her secret and she does not want people to know.
Man vs Self
The time and place of a story
Setting
Why might this memory be important
Memory Moment
S stands for
Speech
Shows how two or more things are alike and/or how they are different.
Compare and Contrast
The TV show Survivor where a group of contestants are deliberately marooned in an isolated location, where they must provide food, water, fire, and shelter for themselves.
Man vs Nature
a struggle the main character is having that brings change to a story
Problem/Conflict
Why might this change things
Aha Moment
T stands for
Thoughts
Describes items or events in order or tells the steps to follow to do something or make something.
Sequence
In Mulan, the emperor only allows men, and only men to help him defeat the Huns. Mulan's father is called to war, and when Mulan tries to step up as in his place, she is rejected by her country.
Man vs Society
the series of events (causes and effects) that start with the problem/conflict and lead to the climax
Rising action
What does this question make me wonder about
Tough questions
E stands for
Effect on others
Tells about a problem (and sometimes says why there is a problem) then gives one or more possible solutions.
Problem and solution
An external conflict. A conflict between characters.
Man vs Man
the turning point in the action that leads the story in a new direction; a shift occurs for the character
Why might the author bring this up again an again
A stands for
Actions
A topic, idea, person, place, or thing is described by listing its feature, characteristics, or examples.
Discription
a struggle between a character and some type of equipment or appliction
Man vs Technology
events after the climax, loose ends are tied up
Falling action
Whats the life lesson and how might it affect the charater
Words of the wiser
L stands for
Looks