Text Structure
The type of text structure that aims to show the similarities and differences between two or more topics.
Compare and Contrast
A figure of speech that gives human characteristics to non-humans (plants, animals, and inanimate objects)
Ex: My bed groaned when I layed in it.
Personification
Compares two things using the words "like" or "as."
Ex: Your smile is a bright as the sun!
Simile
A group of lines in a poem (a poem paragraph).
The point of view that shows the narrator is IN the story: using pronouns such as I, me, my, us, our and more.
First-person
This text structure connects events that happen with WHY they happen.
The occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of words in a sentence.
Ex: Sally sell seashells by the seashore.
Alliteration
An extreme exaggeration.
Ex: He was so strong he could lift a building!
Hyperbole
A single line of poetry.
Line
A category of literature.
Ex: Fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction
Genre
The illustration with overlapping circles used for comparing and contrasting.
Venn Diagram
A reference to people, places, events or things that are widely-known.
Ex: She was a brave leader, much like Joan of Arc.
Allusion
Comparing two things saying one thing is another (does NOT use like or as).
Ex: You are the star of the show!
Metaphor
The use of the same word or phrase multiple times.
Repetition
A shortened overview of key details and main ideas from a text.
Summary
This text structure involves a conflict and how it can be resolved.
Problem and Solution
Descriptive words that sound or mimic the noise they are describing.
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Onomatopoeia
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Idiom
The rhythm (or pattern of beats) in a line of poetry.
Meter
This is written by someone who SAW or experienced the event.
First-hand account
This type of text structure puts things in order (usually chronological order).
Sequence
A description using two opposite ideas to create an effective description.
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Oxymoron
The use of an object or word to represent an idea, emotion or belief.
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Symbolism
Give the correct rhyming pattern for the following stanza.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
A, A, B, A
Descriptive words that relate to the five senses: sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell.
Sensory words