Text Structures
Prompt the reader to identify similarities and differences between two or more things
What is compare and contrast?
A type of nonfiction that aims to teach or inform readers about a specific topic
What is informational?
A word used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things
A figure of speech in which one thing is compared to another
What is a simile?
What country is wider than the moon?
What is Australia?
A process or the order of events in a timeline
What is sequence?
A form of storytelling that recounts events or experiences
What is narrative writing?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence
What is a verb?
A figure of speech is a word or phrase applied to an object or action to which it is not applicable
What is a metaphor?
What is the largest desert in the world?
What is Antarctica?
Describes or explains a topic, idea, person, place, or thing to give the reader a mental picture
What is descriptive?
The writer presents a claim on an issue and uses evidence to support their claim
What is argumentative writing?
A word that modifies a noun or describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
What is a hyperbole?
How many time zones does Russia span?
What is 11?
Explains why something happened and what happened
What is cause and effect?
A form of writing designed to convince readers toward a specific point of view or opinion on a given topic
What is persuasive writing?
A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other specific part of speech
What is an adverb?
A figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings
What is a pun?
What is the state that has the longest coastline?
What is Alaska?
Presents a problem or issue and then proposes one or more solutions to handle it
What is problem and solution?
A form of literary art that uses the rhythm of language to evoke meanings
What is poetry?
A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object
What is a prepositional phrase?
A phrase, when taken as a whole, has a meaning you wouldn't be able to deduce from the meanings of the individual words
What is a idiom?
How many oceans does the United States border?
What is three?