Text Structures
Baseball and basketball are two very fun games to play. they both use a ball and involve running. However, in baseball you run around a field, and in basketball you run on a court. Also, in baseball there are nine innings and in basketball there are four quarters to play. People cheer whether you have a hit or make a basket! Both games are a great way to have fun and get exercise.
compare and contrast
What Point of view uses the pronouns "I, me, my, we, us'?
First Person POV
What is a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.
Haiku
Tells you what the story is about, featured in EVERY piece of writing.
Title
What is the Author's Purpose creating a fictional story about three talking bears?
Entertainment
I love making apple pie with my mom. First, we clean, peel, and cut several apples. Next, we roll out a pie crust and place it in a pie pan. Then, we mixed the apples with sugar and cinnamon and placed it in the center of the pan. After that, we covered the apples with the top crust and place it in the oven. Finally, we have a wonderful dessert to share.
chronological
sequence
what are words that SOUND THE SAME but have different meanings
bare bear
mail male
homophone
An element of POETRY used when verses end with words that have the same ending sounds.
rhyme
Describes what is shown in a photograph, map, or illustration
caption
What is the Author's Purpose in creating a Biography on Martin Luther King Jr?
Information
uses the words: issue, dilema, solved, result
problem/solution
What Point of View uses the pronouns "he, she, they, them"?
THIRD person POV
How are "sentences" written in a poem? They break all the rules, no punctuation, capital letters, etc.
lines
An article added to a story, to provide more information related to the topic
sidebar
What is the Author's Purpose in creating a comic strip about a talking dog and his wild adventures?
Entertainment
Many historians agree that it was the Boston Tea Party that directly caused the Revolutionary War. Because the British were placing unfair taxes on the colonies, the colonists decided to throw the taxed tea into the harbor. They wanted to show the king they were unhappy. However, this did not have the effect the colonist hoped for. In fact, it caused the British to fire shots at them. A war began soon after.
cause/effect
How do I figure out a word I don't know without looking it up, be specific?
Context Clues
look in the word: base, root, prefix, suffix
look for clues in the sentences before and after the word
replace with a synonym, does it make sense?
What is a group of lines, equivalent to a paragraph, called in a poem?
Stanza
What is a feature added to text showing the geography or land referred to in the story.
map
What is the Author's Purpose in creating an essay outlining the benefits of year round school?
Persuasion
The only text structure that uses a Venn Diagram as a graphic organizer.
Compare/Contrast
What are words that mean the opposite?
antonyms
What type of poetry that doesn't use any strict meter or rhyme scheme. Because it has no set meter, poems written in free verse can have lines of any length, from a single word to much longer
free verse
Not the title, but text given to organize related information
heading
What is the Author's Purpose in creating a Peer Review on how technology is harmful for society?
Persuasive