Story Parts
This is the main character in the story.
Protagonist
If an author wants to make you laugh, their purpose is to?
Entertain
This text structure tells about events in the order they happened.
Chronological order or sequence
This is a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
Simile
This is the message or lesson that the author wants readers to learn from a story.
Theme
The time and place where a story happens.
Setting
to inform
A passage that explains how a problem is solved uses this text structure.
Problem and Solution
This is a direct comparison without using "like" or "as"
metaphor
When a story is told by a character using "I" or "we," it is written in this point of view.
First person
The main problem or struggle in a story.
Conflict
If an author uses emotional words and strong arguments, what is their likely purpose?
persuade
Name a text structure that compares how two things are alike and different.
Compare and Contrast
This gives human qualities to something that is not human.
personification
A word that shows the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence, like "under" or "beside" is a?
preposition
What do we call the character, group, or force that opposes the main character?
Antagonist
What is the term for the people the writer is addressing with their writing?
Target Audience
If a text describes the causes of an event and the results, what structure is it using?
Cause and Effect
This is an exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
hyperbole
What type of noun names a specific person, place, or thing and is always capitalized?
Proper
This is the final part of the story, where the conflict is resolved.
Resolution
What is the acronym that can help you remember the three main purposes for writing?
PIE
This is what you do when you look closely at a text to understand it better.
Analyze or Analyzing
This is a phrase whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the words, such as "break a leg".
Idiom
A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person.
Anecdote