Genre/Author Purpose/ Text Structures
What 2 genres will you definitely see on the STAAR Reading test?
Fiction and nonfiction
What is one example of a text feature that can be found in a non-fiction text?
Bold, title, sub-title, italic, ...
Do you take notes on a revision or editing passage?
Yes or No
No because you are reading to find errors/mistakes, only.
Name elements of poetry.
Lines and stanzas
Rhyme, repetition, rhythm...
What is the authors purpose when they are writing for you to read for fun.
To entertain
What are the parts of a plot?
Characters/setting, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution
What is the text called that can be found underneath an image?
Caption
What is revision?
What is editing?
Revision is when you are adding, deleting, replacing, or combining sentence to make the passage sound clear or make sense.
Editing is when you are correcting mistakes/errors on capitalization, use of words, punctuation, and spelling.
What are the elements of a drama?
narrator, characters, setting, scenes or acts, stage direction, problem and solution
What is the Authors Purpose when you have to read about how something or someone looks like, where it's from, what it eats, how it communicates, how it feels, etc...
To describe
What is the perspective from which a story is told?
Point of View
Based on the text below what is the Authors Purpose:
“Eating a plant-based diet reduces the risk of heart disease, diabetes, and obesity. With more accessible plant-based options, everyone can take steps toward healthier living.”
to persuade
What edit are needed below?
i am tired of driving on the crowded roads in houston texas
I am tired of driving on the crowded roads in Houston, Texas.
What examples of figurative language can be found in a poem or fiction piece?
metaphor, similie, personification, and hyperbol ...
When the Author's Purpose is to state an opinion or author's claim.
To persuade
The sequence of events in a story is called the ...
PLOT
The central idea of a text can usually be found in what paragraph of a text?
The First Paragraph
Revision the sentence below.
Sentences 16, 17, and 18 sound choppy. What is the most effective way for her to rewrite them?
(16) It looked huge. (17) It looked bumpy. (18) It looked sort of grey
It looked huge, bumpy, and sort of grey.
What type of figurative language is being used in the lines of the poem below.
The breeze kissed my cheek.
personification
How many text structures are there and what are they?
There are 5- describe, sequence, compare/ contrast, problem/solution, and cause and effect
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage is called the ...
Mood
If the text is nonfiction, what are the author's purposed that may connect to the text?
Inform or Describe/Explain
(28) Kim stood up a few minutes later, holding an old tent in one hand.
Deshawna wants to use figurative language to describe Kim and the tent. What is the most effective way for her to rewrite sentence 28?
A. Kim stood up a few minutes later, holding an old tent in one hand, letting it dangle there like a prize-winning fish.
B. Kim stood up a few minutes later, holding an old tent in a really funny way.
A. Kim stood up a few minutes later, holding an old tent in one hand, letting it dangle there like a prize-winning fish.
Identify the tone in the poem below.
And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain
Thrilled me—filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
mysterious, melancholy, frightening, uncertain, dark, sad...