Literature Text Structure
This text structure uses dialogue and stage directions to tell a story through action.
A drama
An author writes about the steps of the water cycle, beginning with evaporation and ending with precipitation.
Sequence Text Structure
A single line of text in a poem is called this.
Verse
This is a literary text's time and location.
Setting
Identify the figurative language: "The city street was a ribbon of neon in the darkness."
Metaphor
This type of text is written in verses and stanzas instead of paragraphs.
Poem
An author writes about the similarities in diet between a lion and a tiger, and the differences in where they live.
Compare and Contrast Text Structure
What is a group of lines, or verses, in a poem is?
A stanza
A line of written speech between characters, which helps advance the plot in a narrative or drama.
Dialogue
Identify the figurative language: "The skyscraper was as tall as a giant reaching for the clouds."
Simile
A story that is structured using paragraphs and tells a sequence of events.
An author writes about why air pollution exists and the subsequent results this pollution has on human health.
Cause and Effect Text Structure
This element is used to organize a narrative and is made up of sentences.
A paragraph.
The name for the type of text that is made up entirely of paragraphs and tells a story with a plot.
Narrative
Identify the figurative language: "The wind whispered secrets around the windows of the apartment."
Sensory Language
When two or more words end with the same letters or same sounds, are?
Rhyming Words
An author writes about all the features, size, color, and location of the Amazon rainforest.
Description Text Structure
The repetition of similar consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a poem.
An alliteration.
The main problem or struggle between characters or within one character in a story.
Conflict
Identify the figurative language: "Blue blinking bulbs brightened the block."
Alliteration
If a poem has a similar number of syllables in each verse, I know the poem will contain
Rhythm
An author writes about the high cost of college tuition and then suggests ways to pay for school, such as applying for grants and scholarships.
Problem and Solution Text Structure.
What genre of text or texts could I find dialogue in?
Narratives, dramas, and poems
This is the term for the people, animals, or imaginary beings that perform the actions in a story or drama.
Characters
Identify the figurative language. "She's as sweet as pie."
Simile