Author's Purpose
In an advertisement for a new sports drink, the author highlights how the drink improves performance and energy, encouraging you to try it.
What is persuade?
The main event or problem of a story.
What is the conflict?
This pattern helps you understand the sequence of events, like in a process or a timeline.
What is sequence or chronological order?
In a drama, this tells the actors what to do on stage.
What are stage directions?
This is a comparison of two unlike things, using the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
In a nature magazine article, the author paints a vivid picture of a mountain landscape, detailing the colors of the sky and the sounds of the animals to help the reader imagine being there.
What is describe?
The person, animal, or thing in the story that the reader follows closely. They typically do good things.
Who is the protagonist?
This organizational pattern presents information by describing a problem and offering possible solutions.
What is problem and solution?
This is the part of a play that explains what the character is feeling or thinking through words.
What is dialogue?
This literary device gives human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
In a newspaper article about a local election, the author shares facts about the candidates' policies, background, and experience.
What is inform?
These are the important lessons or messages in a story that relate to real-life experiences.
What is the theme?
This pattern compares and contrasts two or more things, pointing out similarities and differences.
What is compare and contrast?
The character who opposes or works against the protagonist is called this.
Who is the antagonist?
The central idea or feeling the poet wants to convey is called this.
What is the theme?
In a short story about a group of friends on a rollercoaster, the author includes funny dialogue and exciting events to keep the reader laughing.
What is entertain?
This is the problem or struggle the main character faces in the story.
What is the conflict?
This pattern explains the causes of an event and its effects.
What is cause and effect?
In drama, these are short lines or speeches given by one character to express their thoughts aloud.
What is a monologue?
These are lines or groups of lines in a poem, usually separated by spaces.
What are stanzas?
In a manual for assembling a bike, the author gives step-by-step instructions on how to put the pieces together and adjust the brakes.
What is explain?
This is the point in the story when the conflict is resolved and the story comes to an end.
What is the resolution?
This pattern gives detailed descriptions of a topic, often in various aspects or categories.
What is descriptive?
This is what the character wants to achieve in the play, and it drives their actions.
What is the character’s motivation?
This is a comparison between two things without using the words “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?