Figurative Language
Sound words such as "bam" or "screech"
What is onomatopoeia?
Words near a photograph to help readers better understand.
What are captions?
The beat and pace of a poem.
What is rhythm?
The most important idea in a paragraph, text, or passage.
Main idea
Which text structure is this an example of?
Clouds can cause turbulence for airplanes, so consequently pilots may try to fly above them to avoid the shaking.
What is cause and effect?
An exaggerated statement
What is a hyperbole?
A labeled picture showing the parts of something.
What is a diagram?
This element encourages the reader to see, hear, feel, taste, smell, and touch based on the descriptive words.
What is imagery?
The reason or intent for writing; persuade, inform or entertain.
Author's Purpose
Which text structure is this an example of?
A baby may first toss and turn when she is put in a crib for a nap. Second, she may cry. Not long after that she will likely close her eyes and drift off to sleep.
What is sequence?
The classroom was a zoo is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
Tells the reader what a section of text will be about.
What is a heading?
Group of words in a poem.
What is a stanza?
Character, Setting, Problem, Solution.
What is plot?
Which text structure is this an example of?
Cats are similar to lions. They are both felines. They both have sharp teeth. However, a cat is much smaller than a lion.
What is compare and contrast?
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
Displays events in the sequence of when they occurred.
What is a timeline?
Words, phrases, or lines that are repeated usually to show importance.
What is repetition?
Telling how things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
Which text structure is this an example of?
Cats sometimes scratch the furniture. One solution is to cover the furniture.
What is problem and solution?
Seven snakes slithered slyly is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
Dark words, calls attention to words that are important.
What is bold print?
Words that have the same ending sound usually found at the end of a line.
What is rhyme?
What happens in a story and why it happens.
What is cause and effect?
Which text structure is this an example of?
Animals sleep in many positions. For example, cats and dogs sleep curled up, as opposed to horses and birds that sleep standing.
What is description?