This is a fictional text that can usually be read in less than an hour and focuses around one main idea, mood, or theme.
What is a short story.
100
Text which includes statements that can be proven correct or incorrect. Also can include statements that are subjective or based on one's own thoughts and feelings.
What is fact and opinion.
100
This is the surroundings in which the story takes place. Includes time, place, and social environment.
What is setting
100
This text graphic is a drawn or created by an artist.
What is a cartoon or illustration?
100
This is were I would look to find a collection of maps.
What is an atlas?
200
This is written in lines and stanzas, and usually revolves around one idea or theme.
What is poetry
200
This text structure will show events in the order in which they occurred.
What is Sequence of Events or Chronological Order?
200
This is the most intense part of the story, usually when the conflict is somehow resolves. Often this is near the middle of the story.
What is the climax?
200
This a labeled drawing that represents an area. Most include a legend.
What is map?
200
If i wanted to know the denotation of a word (or its literal meaning), I would look here.
What is a dictionary?
300
Meant to be performed, most of the text in this genre is written as dialogue.
What is drama, or a play.
300
This text structure uses many adjectives and adverbs. It will give examples and explain the way something really looks or feels.
What is description?
300
This is a conflict that occurs when a character is battling the elements. For example, Stefan must make it through a jungle full of vicious animals. poisonous snakes, and several spots of quicksand.
What is Character vs. Nature
300
This text graphic helps you understand a topic by giving detailed information. Lines, labels, and captions help explain this text graphic.
What is a diagram?
300
If I was looking for a collection of primary and secondary sources for a research project, I would check here first.
What is computer database?
400
This work of fiction may be several hundred pages long. It includes characters, point of view, dialogue and exposition. It usually contains one big conflict but may have other smaller conflicts, as well.
What is a novel?
400
This text feature shoes how facts, events, and concepts relate to other facts, events, and concepts. Clue words: If/then statements, as a result of, consequently...
What is Cause and Effect?
400
The big idea in a story.
What is theme?
400
This graphic shows events in the order in which they happened.
What is timeline?
400
If I wanted to read a first person private account of someone's life, I would look for one of these.
What is a diary or journal.
500
Like 145th Street, this could be a collection of short stories, poems, fairy tales, etc...
What is an anthology.
500
This text structure talks about a difficult situation and proposes a way to fix it.
What is Problem/Solution
500
When we look at a character's speech, thoughts, emotions, actions, and looks to determine what kind of person they are.
What is characterization?
500
These graphics show a relationship between different groups of numbers. You can easily examine data by glancing at one of these. There are three main types of these.
What are graphs: bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs.
500
This resources is usually very small, includes some text and pictures, and is often meant to persuade you to buy something, invest in something. or vote for something/someone.