Text Structure
This text structure just gives facts and details.
Descriptive
Black bug bit a big bear
Alliteration
You, your,
2nd person
This is the location of the story
Setting
The moral or lesson learned from a text
Theme
This text structure tells the order in which things occur.
Chronological
As the teens slowly climbed the stairs of the abandoned mansion, they hear a strange squeeking sound above them.
Suspense
Me, I, we, our, us
1st person
These are the main people involved in each chapter
characters
what backs up the main idea
Supporting details
This text structure tells how things are alike and different
Compare and Contrast
A fire station burns down
irony
Knows thoughts and feelings of only 1 character
3rd person Limited
This tells you about the focus of each chapter
Plot
The reason why the author writes a text
Author's purpose
This text structure tells why things happen
Cause & Effect
What the author projects to the reader with the words he/she uses
Tone
Knows everything that everyone is doing or saying
3rd person omniscient
This is the turning point of a book
The Climax
Not exact information in the text, but what you might think based on what is said in the text
Inference or infer
This text structure looks like the "why things happen" text structure, but is normally has a historical or scientific perspective
Problem and Solution
How the author makes us feel through his or her choice of words
Mood
Reports only the facts and events as an observer
3rd person objective
This is the stuff following the turning point in the book
Falling Action
Another way to say "main idea"
central message, key concept, central idea
main point, core message, central principle, crux,
essence