Text Structures
What text structure tells about things in the order they happened?
A. Compare and contrast
B. Cause and effect
C.Chronological order
D. Problem and solution
What is C.Chronological order?
Which genre always includes made-up characters and events?
A. Fiction
B. Poetry
C. Drama
D. Argumentative
What is A. Fiction?
What does the word “bat” mean in this sentence: "The bat flew out of the cave"?
A. A tool used in baseball
B. A small flying animal
C. To hit something
D. A nighttime game
What is B. A small flying animal?
Choose the sentence that uses a conjunction correctly:
A. I like cats I like dogs.
B. I like cats and I like dogs.
C. I like cats. But I like dogs.
D. I like cats, dogs.
What is B. I like cats and I like dogs?
Which one is a complete sentence?
A. Ran to the store.
B. Because it was raining.
C. The dog barked.
D. Before the test.
What is C. The dog barked?
What is the purpose of a description text structure?
What is to tell about something by giving details?
What is one thing you expect to see in a poem?
What is: Rhyme, rhythm, stanzas, lines, interesting vocabulary?
What are two meanings of the word “watch”?
What is a timepiece you wear on your wrist; to look at something?
Combine these sentences using “and”:
“I cleaned my room. I made my bed.”
What is I cleaned my room and made my bed?
Fix this fragment to make it a complete sentence:
“After lunch.”
What is After lunch, we went outside to play (or another complete idea that explains what happened after lunch)?
Read this sentence: “Because it rained all night, the soccer game was canceled.”
What is the text structure of this sentence?
What is cause and effect?
Name two features of a drama.
What are: state directions, cast of characters, dialogue, scenes, acts, character tags?
The word “rock” can mean different things. Give two meanings of the word “rock.”
What is a stone or piece of earth; to move gently back and forth; a genre of music?
Combine these sentences using a conjunction:
"She was tired. She finished her homework."
What is She was tired, but she finished her homework?
Turn this sentence fragment into a complete sentence:
“Because it was hot.”
What is Because it was hot, we went swimming (or similar complete idea)?
Which text structure is used when the author explains how two things are alike and different?
A. Problem and solution
B. Cause and effect
C. Compare and contrast
D. Chronological order
What is C) Compare and contrast?
What genre gives real facts and explains them?
A. Informational
B. Fiction
C. Poetry
D. Drama
What is A. Informational?
In which sentence does “light” mean something that is not heavy?
A. I turned on the light.
B. She carried the light bag easily.
C. Light filled the room.
D. We saw the light flash.
What is B. She carried the light bag easily?
Which sentence uses “because” correctly?
A. I went inside because it was raining.
B. Because it was raining I go inside.
C. I because went inside.
D. It raining because I went inside.
What is A. I went inside because it was raining?
Which of these is NOT a sentence fragment?
A. Before the sun came up.
B. Running down the hall.
C. The cat slept peacefully.
D. After she opened the door.
What is C. The cat slept peacefully?
Which text structure would best fit an article discussing the different ways that two animals survive in winter?
A. Chronological order
B. Compare and contrast
C. Description
D. Problem and solution
What is B. Compare and contrast?
What makes a text argumentative?
A. It tells a story
B. It shares facts and explains them
C. It tries to convince the reader of something
D. It uses rhyme and rhythm
What is C. It tries to convince the reader of something?
Which sentence uses the word “bark” to mean the sound a dog makes?
A. The tree’s bark was rough.
B. I heard the dog bark at the mailman.
C. The bark fell off the log.
D. He studied the bark on different trees.
What is B. I heard the dog bark at the mailman?
Which conjunction best completes this sentence?
"He wanted to ride his bike, ___ he needed to wear his helmet."
A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so
What is D. so?
Which sentence is a fragment?
A. I ate lunch with my friend.
B. During the big game.
C. They studied hard for the test.
D. The puppy barked at the cat.
What is B. During the big game?