Text Structures
Which sentence is compare/contrast?
1. What causes weather?
2. Cats vs Dogs
3. I am so excited for the summer!
Cats vs Dogs
Nonfiction writing that occurs when facts and information are used to communicate knowledge and insight about a specific topic.
Informational Text
a word that represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
A noun
A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid.
A simile
What kickball team won the championships, but lost against the teachers?
Black Team
Put the sentence in sequence order:
- My mother and I went to the beach.
- My mother and I travel to Florida
-My mother and I checked in to our hotel.
-My mother and I traveled to Florida
-My mother and I checked into our hotel
-My mother and I went to the beach
A form of writing that tells a story, focusing on recounting events and experiences in a chronological or structured manner.
Narrative Writing
words that describe actions, occurrences, or states of being in a sentence.
a verb
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things by stating that one is the other
A metaphor
Who won the Student of the Year award in the 6th grade?
Chloe Young
Using vivid language and details to paint a picture for the reader about a topic, person, place, or thing.
Descriptive text structure.
A type of writing where the author presents a clear position on a topic or issue and supports it with evidence and reasoning.
Argumentative Writing
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or (blank)
Pronoun
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
A hyperbole
Prostate Cancer
Explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
Cause & effect
What are example of informational texts?
newspapers, magazines, textbooks, encyclopedias, brochures, instruction manuals, and how-to books.
Words that modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or even entire sentences.
Adverbs
a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word of the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
A pun
What movie is coming out on Friday?
Lilo & Stitch (Live Action)
Presents an issue and then offers ways to address or resolve it.
Problem and Solution
What are examples that help you support argumentative writing?
argumentative essays, editorials, and even some social media posts that argue a specific point.
A group of words that starts with a preposition and ends with a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase.
Prepositional Phrase
a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words.
An idiom
When is Beyonce coming to Atlanta this summer?
July 10 - 14