Text Structures
Text Features
Central Idea and Reasoning
Rhetorical Analysis/ Author's Purpose
Logical Fallacies
100

Events are arranged in the order in which they happened.

What is chronological order

100

Helps the reader know what it looks like

What is illustrations / pictures

100

The most important idea of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about.

What is the central idea

100

The three types of author's purpose

What is to persuade, to inform, and to entertain

100

A conclusion based on the idea "if this, then that" that results in an unlikely outcome.

What is slippery slope

200

Placing together characters, situations, or ideas to show how they are similar or different.

What is compare / contrast

200

Helps the reader understand the image

What are captions

200

The writer's position on an issue or problem

What is a claim

200

Rhetorical appeal associated with emotions

What is pathos

200

A general statement or conclusion made with not enough evidence

What is hasty generalization

300

A structure that presents a problem and offers answers.

What is problem / solution

300

Identifies topics within a text

What is a subheading / subtitle

300

Begins with a specific observation and applies to a broad conclusion

What is inductive reasoning

300

Rhetorical appeal associated with logic

What is logos

300

An oversimplification or misrepresentation of another person's viewpoint 

What is strawman

400

The reasons something happens and the result of it happening

What is cause and effect

400

Provides definitions from the whole text.

What is a glossary

400

Uses a general set of facts and applies them to make a specific claim

What is deductive reasoning
400

The author's various types of support when writing an informational text

What are facts, quotations, definitions, and details

400

Attacking someone's character instead of the content of their argument

What is ad hominem

500

A detailed, written representation of a person, object, or event.

What is description

500

Provides definitions for specific words on a page

What is a footnote

500

Begins by addressing a pattern or trend in order to make a generalized statement.

What is abductive reasoning

500

Rhetorical appeal that is associated with ethics / trustworthiness

What is ethos

500

A conclusion or reply to someone that does not logically follow the previous statement.

What is non sequitur