Text Structures and Comprehension Skills
. What the text is mostly about.
Main Idea
The author trieds to get others to agree with their ideas or position about a certain topic
Persuasive Article
Clues that good readers use to find the meaning of an unknown word
Context Clues
We see eye to eye.
We agree.
The writer shows how characters, events, settings, and things are alike and how they are different.
Compare and Contrast
An informational text that explains something to the reader.
Expository Text
A word part added to the end of a word to change its meaning
Suffixes
On cloud nine.
Very happy.
The writer explains an event and why it happened.
Cause and Effect
A story that provides factual information about a topic.
Narrative Nonfiction
Words with opposite meanings.
Antonyms
You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink
You can't force someone to make the right decision
The writer explains a difficult situation for the characters and how the characters fix the situation.
Problem and Solution
A story that includes imaginary characters, settings, and magic.
Fairy Tale
A word or phrase that has a different meaning than what is being said
Idioms
Costs an arm and a leg.
Very expensive.
The order of events in which they happen.
Sequence
The events could happen in real life but the text is not a true story.
Realistic Fiction
Words with the same or similar meanings
Synonyms
Kill two birds with one stone.
Get two things done with a single action.