Text Structures
Text Features
Vocabulary
Main Idea
Figurative/Descriptive Language
100
These key words, first, next, not long after, while, at last, later come from which text structure
What is Chronological/Sequence?
100
text feature that has dark letters indicating important information
What is Bold?
100
to make a mistake
What is err?
100
Benjamin Franklin loved to write. When he was twenty-two, he set up his own printing shop and started a newspaper. He also printed a book called Poor Richard’s Almanac. It had funny stories, information about the weather, and wise sayings. What is the main idea?
What is Benjamin Franklin loved to write stories and books?
100
to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike using like or as.
What is simile?
200
These key words, differs from, in contrast, alike, same as, on the other hand, either, both come from which text structure
What is Compare and Contrast?
200
text feature that has slanted letters indicating important information
What is Italics?
200
unintentionally; inattentively
What is inadvertently?
200
Because lambs are sometimes eaten by coyotes, ranchers may hunt or trap the coyotes. However, killing coyotes may upset nature's balance. Scientists have found a way to protect sheep without killing coyotes. Coyotes are fed lamb meat treated with a drug. When they eat the meat, they get sick. Later, coyotes won't even go near lambs. They'll hunt rabbits instead.
What is scientists found a way to protect sheep and coyotes?
200
Figure of speech where human characteristics are given to an animal or object.
What is Personification?
300
These key words, because, as a result, therefore, since, so come from which text structure
What is cause and effect?
300
text feature that is an identifying name given to a book, article, play, or chapter
What is Title?
300
to get revenge for something
What is retaliate?
300
Probably the best-known rodeo cowboy in the world is Larry Mahan. Mahan was the national champion six times before he was 30. He was good at every event and was so successful that he had his own plane. When he got too old to be in the rodeo, he didn't stop doing rodeo work. He started a rodeo school.
What is a story about the most famous rodeo cowboy in the world?
300
Repetition of consonants.
What is Alliteration?
400
Let me tell you what I did yesterday. First, I played with my action figures. It was Batman against Star Wars and Power Rangers. Next I sorted my sport cards into three piles, football, baseball, and basketball. Finally, I drew a picture using my colored pencils, markers and crayons. What text structure is this?
What is Chronological?
400
text that describes the contents of a picture, graph or chart
What is Caption?
400
to make or become worse
What is deteriorate?
400
The Marines had a problem in World War II. Orders were sent in code, but the enemy kept learning the code. Nothing could be kept secret. Then someone thought the Navajo soldiers could help the Marines. Since very few other people could speak Navajo, this language was used as a code. No one on the enemy side knew Navajo, so the messages stayed secret.
What is how the marines used Navajo as a code?
400
The use of a word to describe or imitate a natural sound or the sound
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
I had a strange thing happen to me yesterday. I drew with my crayons a picture of a basketball player wearing a yellow shirt. Then I wrote the player's number on his shirt with a blue crayon. As a result, the number turned out green. This was because when I mixed blue and yellow, the two colors made a new color, green. What text structure is this?
What is Cause and Effect?
500
What is the main purpose for a writer to include a map and a chart in his/her writing?
What is to identify data and place?
500
secretive and sneaky
What is furtive?
500
"The War of the Worlds" a radio story, once started a panic. Because many people didn't hear that it was just a story about monsters from space, they thought the fake news bulletins were true. People were frantic. It took hours to calm them down and convince them that it was only a radio play.
What is how a radio play fooled many people?
500
Comparison of 2 objects or things.
What is metaphor?
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