Name That Structure
What text structure uses these signal words:
similar, different, both, however
What is Compare and Contrast?
Name the figurative language:
“The leaves danced in the wind.”
What is Personification?
This is the main character in a story.
What is the Protagonist?
If the author wants to teach you facts or information, the purpose is…
What is Inform?
In the sentence:
The students were eager to explore the museum because they loved learning new things.
What does eager most likely mean?
What is excited or ready to do something?
Signal words: first, next, then, finally
What is Chronological (Sequence)?
Name the figurative language:
“The snow was like a white blanket.”
What is a Simile?
"Post-Civil War, 1849 on a cold, winter day" is an example of which story element.
What is the Setting?
If the author wants to tell a story or entertain, the purpose is…
What is Entertain?
In the sentence:
The path through the forest was narrow, so only one person could walk on it at a time.
What does narrow mean?
What is not wide / very small across?
What type of text structure is this:
"Elephants are large animals with long trunks, big ears, and thick gray skin."
What is Description?
What figurative language compares two things without using like or as?
What is a Metaphor?
This is the most exciting part of the story where the problem is about to be solved.
What is the Climax?
If the author wants to convince you to think or do something, the purpose is…
What is Persuade?
In the sentence:
The puppy was timid and hid behind the couch when visitors came into the house.
What does timid most likely mean?
What is shy or easily scared?
What text structure is this:
An article about how a city reduced pollution uses which structure?
What is Problem and Solution?
When a poet uses words to create a picture in your mind.
What is Imagery?
In a story, a character should _________ from the beginning to the end.
What is Change?
When a narrator uses I, me, or we, the story is told in…
What is First Person Point of View?
In the sentence:
After the long hike up the mountain, the exhausted hikers collapsed onto the grass.
What does collapsed most likely mean?
What is fell down or dropped from being tired?
What structure would you use to explain why plants need sunlight?
What is Cause and Effect?
“Hold your horses" is an example of what type of figurative language.
What is an Idiom?
What are four different types of conflict in a story.
Any combination of:
What is Character vs Self, Character vs. Character, Character vs Nature, Character vs Society, Character vs Supernatural, Character vs Technology?
When a narrator is outside the story and uses he, she, or they, the story is told in…
What is Third Person Point of View?
In the sentence:
Unlike his messy brother, Mateo kept his room neat and organized.
What does neat most likely mean?
What is clean and orderly?