Text Structure
What are the six text structures?
Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Descriptive,
Chronological,Sequential and Compare/Contrast
What is the first paragraph called?
What is introduction paragraph?
Words chosen intentionally by the writer.
What is word choice?
What is the opposing side of an argument
What is Counter-argument?
When an author uses the pronouns you, your, yours, and yourself
What is second person point of view?
Which text structure discusses similarities or differences between two items, ideas or people?
What is compare and contrast?
What are the three reasons an author writes?
Argumentative, Informative, Explanatory
What is point of view?
Opinion, perspective, position
Examples of evidence in an argumentative essay?
What are facts, statistics, examples?
When a narrator is also a character
What is first person point of view?
What is the structure for the following:
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What is sequential order?
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Informative, Argumentative, Explanatory
What is informative?
To find or discover by investigation
Many author write to entertain, creating descriptive writing such as poetry or narrative such as a stories.
What is explanatory writing?
Why is the author’s word choice important?
What is it gives the author's attitude and tone towards a subject?
What is the difference between problem/solution and cause/effect?
One gives you a problem and a way to solve the problem; the other gives you an issue and the results/consequences of the issue.
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Informative, Argumentative, Explanatory
What is Argumentative?
An assertion of the truth, typically one that is disputed or doubted
What is claim?
What is the meaning of the word "immersed"?
After reading the second chapter of the novel, I was completely immersed in the box. Nothing or no one could take me away from the experienced I had created in my imagination.
What is occupied or involved in?
The dew on the grass made my running shoes damp. It didn't bother me. The sound of my feet hitting
the street formed a rhythm, a steady pattern of light thumps. I timed my breathing with the rhythm. These
sounds filled my head. I thought of nothing other than the next step and keeping my tempo. I soared over
the sidewalks like concrete clouds.
What is first person?
What is the difference between sequential order and chronological order?
One text structure deals with steps and order while the other text structure deals with time and periods of time.
An author will sometimes use “first person point of view” to express personal opinions in an argument. What does that mean?
What is to contrast their beliefs against the opposing beliefs or counterargument.
To decide the value or worth after study
What is evaluate?
What are the 3 persuasive techniques used by an author?
What is ethos, logos, pathos?
What is the author’s opinion, perspective, or position on a specific topic?
What is authors's point of view?