Text Structure
Figurative Language
Definitions
Examples
Author's Purpose
100

This text structure discusses an issue and its resolution. 

Problem and solution 

100

This classroom is a zoo. 

Metaphor...Comparing 2 things without like or as!
100

What the story is mostly about

Central Idea

100

Simile, metaphor, personification.

Figurative Language

100

Instructions on how to assemble a toy car. 

Inform

200

Which text structure finds similarities and differences between 2 or more things?

Compare and Contrast 

200

Her smile is as bright as the sun. 

Simile

200

Theme is..

The lesson, moral, or message 

200

Heading, photograph, sidebar, caption, subheading. 

These are all examples of...

Text features

200

A text about why iPhone are better than androids. 

Persuade (convince) 

300

I forgot to get my car brakes checked. As a result, I crashed my car. 

Which text structure? 

Cause & Effect

300

Brown bag, 

Full and flowing. 

Alliteration

300

The way an author thinks or feels about the topic they are writing about. 

Perspective 

300

Persuade, entertain, and inform 

These are all examples of...

Author's Purpose

300

A text written on why schools should have a late start time. 

Persuade (Convince) 

400

Which text structure has the following signal words? First, next, then, after.

Sequence...NOT chronology

400

The door complained as it was opened. 

Personification 

400

When the narrator is a character INSIDE of the story, experiences the events, and uses pronouns like I, me, or my

1st Person Point of View

400

Practice makes perfect

Life is meaningless without dreams

Determination is key 

Themes 

400

A text written about the life found at the bottom of the ocean. 

Inform

500

I was born in 1865. When I was one year old, I started to ride my bike. Then, years later, I grew up to become a chef. 

Which text structure?

Chronology (order of events)

500

I'm so hungry I could eat a horse. 

Hyperbole 

500
An account written by someone who DID NOT experience the events themself. Textbooks & biographies are examples of this. 

Secondary source / secondhand account

500

Repetition, rhyme, line-breaks, and figurative language. 

These are all examples of...

Poetic Elements 

500

A script written for a TV show on Netflix.

Entertain