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Informational Text
Poetry
Narrative Text
Argumentative / Persuasive Text
Miscellaneous
100
the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text, which tells the reader what the text is about
MAIN IDEA
100
a comparison of two different things using like or as
SIMILE
100
a collection of events told through a story with a beginning, middle, and end
NARRATIVE TEXT
100
a discussion in which people express different opinions about something
ARGUMENT
100
an educated guess, or to make an educated guess...
INFERENCE / INFER
200
writing that is about facts or real events
INFORMATIONAL / NONFICTION
200
the central idea, message, or lesson learned in a poem or story
THEME
200
the time, place, and physical elements of the story
SETTING
200
a personal view or attitude
OPINION
200
the reason WHY an author writes a piece of literature
AUTHOR'S PURPOSE
300
a true piece of information
FACT
300
the ‘attitude’ behind a poem or other piece of writing is known as…
TONE
300
the problem between two opposing forces in a story
CONFLICT
300
An author needs this in her research paper or argumentative/persuasive essay in order to make her position more believable.
EVIDENCE
300
a text structure that analyzes differences and similarities of two or more topics
COMPARE AND CONTRAST
400
parts of a book (or text) that have been created to help you locate and learn information
TEXT FEATURES
400
the ‘voice’ of the poem… or the person/group of people ‘speaking’ in the poem
THE SPEAKER
400
a struggle that takes place inside a character’s mind
INTERNAL CONFLICT
400
to cause someone to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons
PERSUADE
400
This text structure focuses on events that occur and what happens as a result
CAUSE AND EFFECT
500
This original source document is the first document to record or report an event.
PRIMARY SOURCE
500
This type of poetry originally comes from Japan. It has 3 lines, with 17 syllables.
HAIKU POETRY
500
The Jones family can't go on their picnic because it is raining. This is an example of what type of external conflict?
MAN VS. NATURE
500
When you write a research or argumentative paper you should include this so others know where you found the information you included in your paper.
WORKS CITED
500
This text structure focuses on events that occur in order, like a timeline.
SEQUENCE ORDER