Text Structure
Parts of a Story
Informational Text
Context Clues
Figurative Language
100

When an author uses dates and times in the text, this is an example of

What is chronology?

100

The people or animals that act out the story.

What are the charaacters?

100

These organizational elements, photographs, captions, headings, and charts, are in nonfiction text

What are text features?

100

We had to *vacate* the building when the tornado siren sounded because no one could be left in side.

What is leave empty?

100

What type of figurative language is this?

"My plants are begging for water."  

What is personification?

200

What kind of writing is shown below? (Hint: look at the punctuation!) "When will we eat dinner?" I asked mom. Mom said, "Soon

What is dialogue?

200

The time and place the story takes place

What is the setting?

200

This is what supports the central idea in a text

What are the relevant details?

200

My body was still *quivering* after my brother jumped out from behind the bush to scare me.

What is a shaking?

200

What type of figurative language is this?

"That was the easiest quiz in the world."

What is hyperbole?

300

What is the text structure below? Sometimes, hawks and owls are badly injured by cars. These birds face a huge problem, because they can no longer hunt for food. One way to fix this is to keep the birds at special rehabilitation centers. People can visit the centers to learn more about hawks and owls.

What is problem and solution?

300

Setting, events, conflict, and character development are all a part of these elements in a literary text

a. The text features

b. The text structure

c. The plot

What is the plot?.

300

This is when the author uses evidence and reasons to persuade readers of an opinion.

What is an author's claim?

300

The student tried to *assimilate* the information so that he could understand how satellites orbit in space

What is learn?

300

What type of figurative language is this?

"Please put away your paints and practice the piano."

What is alliteration?

400

What is the text structure below? When I unrolled the carpet on my living room floor, I accidentally bumped into the table. The table fell with a crash and the green potted plant on top of it tumbled onto the hardwood floor. What a mess!

What is cause and effect?

400

The message that is in the story or what the story is about.

What is the theme?

400

a perspective on a topic or idea 

What is the author's purpose?

400

The giant ice cream sundae was so *scrumptious* that I ate the entire thing.

What is delicious?

400

What type of figurative language is this?

"In our third-grade pageant, we shone like stars."

What is a simile?

500

What is the text structure below? A paperback and a kindle are both ways to read a book. Paperbacks take up a lot of space on your book shelf, but one kindle can hold thousands of books in just the space of a tablet.

What is compare and contrast?

500

Characters develop throughout the plot in a literary text. These things are included when explaining character development. 

a. feelings, friends, family

b. feelings, motivation, traits

c. feelings, setting, and events

d. feelings, characters, and situations

What is B?

Feelings, motivation and traits.

500

The way a text is organized 

What is the structure?

500

Where we live in Northern Maine, the winters are quite harsh. Each year we fly to a warm climate for a break from the cold weather. It feels like *utopia* every time we step off the plane at our destination.

What is dreamland?.

500

What type of figurative language is this?

"He’s a bull in a china shop."

What is a metaphor?