Definitions
This word means the first sound of several words in a row are the same ... example: Super Smart Scholars
Alliteration
This author's purpose is used to present facts about a real life subject
To inform
This is used to give unreal object the characteristics of a person (the alarm clock screamed)
Personification
Poem has different stanzas but does not rhyme
Free Verse
If an author is writing to inform, you will see lots of ...
Comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
This text structure uses key words such as: Same, Similar, Different, Unlike
What is compare/contrast
We use this strategy to summarize a fiction text
Somebody Wanted But So Then
This type of poem rhymes and has stanzas
Rhyme Verse
What is the Author's Purpose for the Following statement:
Being a bully is not a good thing, you need to want better for yourself and for those around you. You need to be the bigger man and speak kindly.
To persuade
infer
This is found by identifying the Topic and the Learning
Central Idea
Each story has a problem and at the end there is a ____
Solution
This type of poem has 5 lines is a type of rhyme verse poem and is usually funny.
Limerick
If an author uses humor and makes you laugh or has lots of action in the text - then you know the Author's Purpose is to ....
entertain
This type of poem has a rhyming patter and different stanzas
Rhyme Verse Poem
This text structure puts events is a sequence with many times and dates
Chronological order
During a fiction story a the main character usually --- from the beginning to the end
changes, learns, or grows
The following lines are from which type of poem:
Mary had a little lamb
whose fleece was white as snow
and everywhere that Mary went
the lamb was sure to go
Rhyme Verse
If your are campaigning for an office for a political party you would write speeches for what purpose,
Persuade
The word means "How a person thinks or feels about someone or something else in the story".
Perspective
The reason an Author writes a text is called the purpose. When determining the purpose you must find ______ in the text to support your answer.
Evidence
This type of story has a moral, a lesson, and usually animals are the main characters
Fable
This type of poem has only 3 lines
Haiku
A text called "The life and times of Abraham Lincoln" would most likely be written for what purpose?
Inform