Text Structures & Relationships
Showing how two things are alike and different.
What is compare/contrast?
The lesson or message of a story.
What is theme?
A conclusion based on clues and prior knowledge.
What is inference?
The person telling the story.
What is narrator?
A statement that expresses a belief.
What is claim?
When one event leads to another.
What is cause/effect?
The main point of a text.
What is central idea?
Proof from the text.
What is evidence?
The perspective from which a story is told.
The perspective from which a story is told.
The main idea of an essay.
What is thesis/controlling idea?
A challenge and how it gets solved in a text.
What is problem/solution?
A short explanation of the most important parts.
What is summary?
Facts or examples that explain an idea.
What are supporting details?
What a character does in a story.
What is character’s action?
Words that connect ideas like “first” and “next.”
What are transition words/phrases?
How characters, ideas, or events connect and affect each other.
What is interaction?
A summary without opinions or feelings.
What is objective summary?
Important details that help understanding.
What are key details?
The lesson the author wants readers to learn.
What is author’s message?
A reliable and believable source.
What is a trustworthy source?
The way a text is organized (sequence, cause/effect, etc.).
What is text structures?
Explaining what something means using evidence.
What is interpret?
Adding more explanation to make ideas clearer.
What is elaboration?
Words spoken by characters.
What is dialogue?
The base word that gives meaning.
What is a root word?