Non-Fiction Text Structures
Story Elements
Figurative Language
Greek and Latin Roots
Miscelaneous
100
Coral snakes are distinguished by their red, yellow, and black colored banding. Most species are small in size. North American species average around three feet in length, but specimens of up to five feet or slightly larger have been reported.
Description
100
Where and when a story takes place
setting
100
He was a couch potato, refusing to get up or do anything helpful.
Metaphor
100
What does the root Scrib mean?
to write
100
Punctuation used to indicate speech or cite evidence.
Quotation marks.
200
Native American tribes who lived on the central plains had to move from place to place to follow the migrating herds. Since they could not build permanent homes, they invented the teepee which allowed them to move their homes from place to place.
Problem/Solution
200
the final part of a play, movie, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Resolution or Denoument
200
She was as angry as a swarm of bees when she found him in her room.
Simile
200
What does the root bene mean?
good, well, gentle
200
A genre in nonfiction which is a story of one's own life.
Autobiography
300
Although both ice cream and veggies are food, ice cream is less healthy and is eaten as a desert. Veggies, however, contain vitamins and minerals and are served as a side dish to a meal.
Compare and Contrast
300
a series of relevant incidents that create suspense, interest, and tension in a narrative, leading to a climax.
Rising Action
300
The sun greeted me this morning as I walked out the front door.
Personification
300
What does the root flex/flect mean?
bend
300
What does the root spec mean?
Look/ See
400
In the spring, toads lay eggs in ponds, lakes and puddles. Then, tiny tadpoles come out of the eggs. The tadpoles live in the water for the next several weeks.
Sequence
400
the highest or most intense point in the development of a story
Climax
400
We were wide-eyed and wondering while we wait for others to wake up Christmas morning.
Alliteration
400
What does the root port mean?
to carry
400
The central point of a piece of reading or writing.
Main Idea
500
A beech tree has very smooth bark. Unfortunately, this can cause a problem for the tree. Sometimes people decide that they want to write their names in the bark. When they do this, they can harm the tree. Diseases can attack the tree through the cuts in the bark. Trees can die because of these diseases.
Cause and Effect
500
This part of the story introduces characters, setting, and background knowledge.
Exposition
500
At the start of the meeting, Mike tried to break the ice by telling a joke.
Idiom
500
What does the root mal mean?
bad, badly
500
John is afraid of flying in a plane, but it is his only choice if he wants to see his grandfather before he passes away. What type of conflict is this?
Character vs. Self
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