Meaning Matters
Denotation
What is the dictionary definition of a word?
An instruction manual is written for this purpose.
Inform or teach.
This text structure presents events or tasks in the order they occur.
What is chronological?
For example, for instance, in addition
What is description?
An author's topic and his or her idea or opinion about the topic.
What is the main idea?
The positive and negative feeling we associate with a word.
What is connotation?
A novel is written for this purpose.
What is entertain?
This text structure shows one idea or event results in or leads to another idea or event.
What is cause and effect?
Since, because, consequently, due to
What is cause and effect?
A conclusion a reader makes based on clues from the text.
What is an inference?
Strategies for figuring out new words. These strategies require the reader to look at nearby words and ideas in a passage.
What are context clues?
An advertisement is written for this purpose.
What is persuade?
This text structure shows the similarities and/or differences between ideas or events.
What is compare and contrast?
Before, during, next, finally
What is sequence?
The important details of a passage in the order they occur and written in a reader's own words.
What is a summay?
An author's attitude toward the topic of a piece of writing.
What is tone?
A political campaign sign shows this purpose.
Persuade
In this text structure, the other explains a concern and shows how to resolve or fix it.
What is problem and solution?
Similar, alike, however, on the other hand
What is compare and contrast?
A large inference based on a longer passage.
What is a conclusion?
An author often uses setting to create this, the reader's attitude toward a piece of writing.
What is mood?
This writing purpose uses words and phrases like "should" or "In my opinion."
What is persuade?
This text structure is like a Wikipedia article that explains basic information about a topic.
What is description?
Issue, concern, resolve, therefore
What is problem and solution?
Statements that give more information about or examples of a main idea.
Supporting details.