Text Structure
The text structure that places events in order is called _______________.
What is sequence or chronology?
Determination, courageous, and honesty are examples of _________________________________________.
What are character traits?
This form of literature has stanzas and rhymes.
What is poetry?
As you read, you can use ___________________________ to figure out meanings of unfamiliar words.
What are context clues?
The C in RACE stands for __________________.
What is cite the evidence?
If we eat too much food and do not exercise, we gain weight. This is an example of what text structure?
What is cause and effect?
Good vs. Evil, Friendship and Heroism are examples of ___________________ in literature.
What are themes?
This type of literature has stage directions and dialogue.
What is drama or a play?
A genre of literature that usually has animals as characters and teaches a moral or lesson is called a _____________________.
What is a fable?
"Sensible guesses" about what you already know when reading are called _________________________.
What are inferences?
This text structure explains how things are alike and/or different.
What is compare and contrast?
Point of view that uses words like me, mine and I.
What is first person?
The lines in a drama are called _________________.
What is dialogue?
A lesson to be learned from a story is called a _________________________.
What is a moral?
The person who tells a story is called the ____________________.
What is the narrator?
A fish dies and sinks to the bottom of the ocean. The bones dissolve and are replaced by other minerals and they then become a fossil. What is the text structure?
What is cause and effect?
Where and when a story takes place is called its ____________________.
What is the setting?
_____________________________ tell characters how to act and speak or what to do on stage during a play.
What is stage directions?
When you retell a story in your own words, it's called a _________________________.
What is a summary?
The most important idea in a text is called the _______________.
What is the main idea?
Words such as next, first and before let you know that the author used this text structure.
What is sequence or chronological order?
Diagrams, timelines and graphs are examples of _______________.
What are visuals?
The __________________________ tells you who appears in a drama.
Who are the cast of characters?
He is as mean as a snake is an example of a __________________.
What is a simile?
A _____________________________ account is written by someone who took part in an event as it happened.
What is firsthand account?