Author's Organization
Text Features
Author's Purpose
Genre
Miscellaneous
100
Describes items or events in order.
What is sequence?
100
At the top of the text or passage.
What is the title?
100
Often funny such as cartoons.
What is to entertain?
100
Might begin with "Once upon a time..."
What is a fairy tale?
100
Who or what did what.
What is main idea?
200
Shows how two or more things are alike.
What is compare & contrast?
200
These may be under pictures and explain.
What is a caption?
200
Non-fiction, facts.
What is to inform?
200
Story with clues like "who did it?"
What is a mystery?
200
Who, what, when, where, why, and how.
What is a summary?
300
Signal words may be "Question is.., To solve this...".
What is problem and solution?
300
These may be bside items that are listed.
What are bullets?
300
May be a diary or journal.
What is to express?
300
Exaggerated story passed down for generations.
What is a fable?
300
Words that are spoken by a person or animal.
What is a character?
400
A topic, ideas, person, place, or thing (features may be listed).
What is description?
400
Writing that is slanted to show attention.
What are italitcs?
400
Could be an editor's note or advertisement.
What is to persuade?
400
May talking animals and unbelievable events.
What is fantasy?
400
A series of events that tell a story.
What is a plot?
500
Why something happened and what happened.
What is cause and effect?
500
Features that show a character is speaking in a cartoon.
What are word bubbles?
500
The reason why a person writes.
What is the meaning of author's purpose?
500
A story that seems true to life but isn't.
What is realistic fiction?
500
This is using background knowledge and your schema.
What is an inference?
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