Author's Purpose/Types of Texts
What is the purpose of a Fiction Text?
To Entertain
Alliteration
What is the Theme of a story?
The lesson learned
How is the dictionary organized
Alphabetically
What is Theme?
What is the purpose of Informational Texts?
To Inform
BANG, the car door blasted open as Walter watched. What type of figurative language is being used?
What is The Theme of The Three Little Pigs?
taking your time to do something right pays off
Fragile
easily broken or destroyed
What is Main Idea?
The most important idea or subject in the text.
What is the purpose for argumentative texts?
To persuade
The wind whispered through the window. What type of Figurative language is this?
Personification
What is the Theme of the Tortoise and The Hare?
Slow and Steady wins the race
Climb
to go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Characteristics
a distinguishing trait, quality, or property
What two ways is Literary Non-Fiction organized?
Narrative and Informational
The grass was green the water was crystal clear and the birds were chirping, it was the sunniest day ever. What type of figurative language is this?
What is the Theme of The Boy Who Cried Wolf?
Don't lie or people won't believe you
Dangerous
involving possible injury, pain, harm, or loss
What techniques do you use to create a Persuasive Text?
Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
What is the purpose of a poem?
To Describe
You know, you're being a real Scrooge right now. What type of Figurative Language is used?
Allusion/Metaphor
What is the Theme of The Lion and the Mouse?
Always be kind and it will come back around
Dissapointment
defeated in expectation or hope
What does Stereotype mean and what category of persuasive techniques (ethos, pathos, logos) is it in?
A narrow or fixed idea about all the members of a certain group, Pathos.