Text Features
Text Structure
Root Words
Genre
Literary Elements
100

Words in a picture to help the reader understand it better. 

Caption

100

Focuses on how two ideas are alike or how they are different 

Compare and Contrast

100

Bio

Life

100

In this genre, the character Dialouge or talk with each other.

Realistic Fiction
100

The animal or people in a story

Characters

200

May include charts and graphs. Helps the reader to understand what the author is saying.

Graphics

200

This text structure focuses on how a conflict is resolved

Problem and Solution

200
Aqua
Water
200

In this Genre you will find stories about real characters and real events

Narrative Non-Fiction

200

The actions that leads to the climax

Rising Action
300

Special headings that will help the reader know that the next section will be about

Subheadings

300

This form of text structure tells the reader details about a certain subject

Description

300

En

Into

300

This Genre characters are not real, but they could be. 

Realistic Fiction
300
The actions that lead to the resolution

Falling Action

400

Helps the reader see exactly what something looks like. 

Photo or Illustration

400

This text structure focuses on the order in which something is done. 

Sequence or Chronological

400
Anti

Opposite or Against

400

This Genre includes an author's claim on a subject, facts and opinions

Argumentative 

400

The problem in the story

Conflict

500

Similar to a dictionary, this helps the reader find the definition of a word. Hint: It's found in the back of the book. 

Glossary 

500

This text structure points out the action that causes a reaction. 

Cause and Effect

500

Dem

People

500

This Genre is written in chronological order to show exactly how the story really happened. 

Narrative Non-Fiction

500

The turning point in the story

Climax