Text Structures
This type of organizational pattern uses a venn diagram
What is compare/contrast?
If you compare two things using like or as, you are using this
What is a simile?
This gives the main idea of an article
What is the title?
These are the three types of author purpose.
What is to persuade, inform, and entertain?
This type of writing contains facts and real information.
What is nonfiction?
This text structure gives the reasons something happened and the results of something.
What is cause/effect?
What is the following an example of: The sun peeked out from behind the clouds, hugging us with its warm rays.
What is personification?
This gives the location of something
What is a map?
This type of author purpose applies to all fiction
What is to entertain?
If a character changes over time, he is what type of characterization?
What is dynamic?
This text structure puts events in time order
What is chronological/sequential?
Define onomatopoeia
What is a word that sounds the way it is spelled/ a sound word?
This tells what each section of an article is about.
What are subheadings?
This type of author purpose is used for textbooks
What is to inform?
Which of the following words are misspelled? A. cemetery B. Sement C. language D. misterious
What is B and D?
This text structure has key words such as reason, purpose, result, and outcome.
What is cause and effect?
What is hyperbole?
Writing concerned with the beauty of language.
What is poetry?
This type of author purpose is to get you to purchase things.
What is to persuade?
"'Cause honey your soul could never grow old, it's evergreen" is an example of this
What is metaphor?
If you read a paper that states students are bullying each other and parents should punish them, what type of text are you reading?
What is Problem and Solution?
Give an example of alliteration
Any tongue twister
This gives an image and its parts.
What is a diagram?
You are really interested in an essay written about why students should get up later and not have any homework. The author's purpose is this
What is persuade?
Car is to transport as a. bird is to fly b. cat is to mouse c. fan is to cool d. corn is to cook
What is C?