Text Structure
This type of text structure uses the following key, or signal words
next, last, to begin, finally, soon last, then
What is Chronological order?
The man was as tall as a skyscraper!
What is a simile?
I have a slight idea about how to figure out the math problem, but I am not sure.
slight means.... great, small, bright, no idea
What is small?
The point of view from the characters perspective.
Pronouns: I, we, and us are used.
What is first person?
A poem with no specific rules or patterns that can be any length about a topic.
What is a free verse?
This type of text structure uses the following key, or signal, words
dilemma, solve, problem, conflict, resolution
What is problem and solution?
The girls hands were ice cubes after sledding.
What is a metaphor?
It is crucial to win the game if we want to make it to the next round.
crucial means....lose, fun, important, relaxing
What is important?
This genre has characters, setting, and usually a problem and solution.
Examples are...realistic, fairy tales, fantasy, play
What is fiction?
A poem with 5 lines. The rhyming pattern is AA,BB,A
What is a limerick?
This type of text structure uses the following key, or signal, words
for example, a characteristic, for instance
What is description?
The curious cat crawled to the corner and curled up.
What is alliteration?
The counterfeit money was not taken at the register.
counterfeit means... expensive, fake, blue super
What is fake?
A type of question that can be found using the paragraph they reference.
Example... go to paragraph 3
What is a right there question?
A short, three-line poem that has 5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line.
What is a haiku?
This type of text structure uses the following key, or signal, words
because, effect, since, as a result, cause
What is cause and effect?
The egg went splat on the ground.
What is onomatopoeia?
Sometimes, my math homework is tedious and I want to do something fun.
tedious means....easy, fun, boring, hard
What is hard?
A type of question that requires you to think of the story and go back to find evidence to your answer.
Example of questions include...motivation, character traits, central idea, inferencing, characters perspective, theme
What is a think and search question?
Poems are made up of these two things.
What is lines and stanzas?
This type of text structure uses the following key, or signal, words
alike, difference, same, both, similarities
What is compare and contrast?
The flowers danced in the wind.
What is personification?
During the winter, a tree's branches are bare.
bare means... a big animal, empty, full of leaves, has a lot of fruit.
What is empty?
A passage that has a universal message or lesson is called a ...
What is a theme?
The person telling the story in a poem is called the ....
What is the speaker?