Grammar
I belong to a family of verbs including am, is, are, was, and were
What is a BE verb?
Alliteration, hyperbole, idiom, metaphor, onomatopoeia, personification, and simile are examples of this
What is Figurative Language?
Details to help you picture or get to know a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a Description or List text structure?
A report of the exact words of an author or a speaker
What is a Direct Quotation?
Parts of a text, beyond the main article or story, that help you better understand what you read(examples include illustrations, captions, subtopics, etc.)
What is a text feature?
Every sentence must have one of these and it can stand alone
What is an independent clause?
The sequence of events in a story
What is a plot?
Presents the similarities and/or differences between two items
What is Compare and Contrast text structure?
Rewording or rephrasing something written or spoken by someone else
What is a paraphrase?
The way an author organizes information in a text
What is text structure?
One independent clause plus one dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
Perspective from which a story is told
What is Point of View?
Describes events in chronological order
What is Sequence of Events of a text structure?
POW IDEAS includes GRIT in the introduction of this type of essay
What is argumentative writing?
Another name for supporting details
What is supporting evidence?
Joins two independent clauses without a coordinating conjunction
What is a semicolon?
A story's main message or moral
What is the Theme?
Presents an issue that needs an answer
What is Problem and Solution of text structure?
The text states, or the author states are examples of this when writing essays
What are Evidence Stems?
Another name for a subtitle
What is a subheading?
This punctuation must be used when WRITING(not typing) a TITLE of any long piece of work such as newspaper, magazine, CD, movie, novel, play, musical composition; but not the title of a magazine article
What is Underlining?
The conversation between characters in a work of literature
What is Dialogue?
A method of text structure that can also be effective when writing Explanatory essays
What is Cause and Effect text structure?
A thesis is not necessary for this type of essay
What is a Narrative essay?
The main point that the author is making(also called a main idea)
What is a Central Idea?