Fiction Texts
A fiction story is...
A fiction story is a story that is not real! It always has characters, a message, and plot elements.
Triple Points
Nonfiction persuasive texts have this purpose.
What is to persuade or convince?
Visual information to help a reader understand and process data.
What is a text feature?
When do you capitalize the pronoun "I"?
ANYTIME IT IS USED IN A SENTENCE.
This text structure organizes information in a way that simply tells the reader about something.
What is describe?
The theme of a fiction story is...
The theme is the message, lesson or moral.
Nonfiction Informative texts have this purpose.
What is to inform, explain, or to teach?
A table that shows you where to find specific sections in a book.
What is the table of contents?
Correct this sentence:
i heard my teacher say everyone get out your spiral notebooks
I heard my teacher say, "Everyone get out your spiral notebooks."
If I wanted to compare the price of electric cars to gas powered cars over a ten year span of ownership, I would use this text structure.
What is compare and contrast?
Fiction plot elements include:
Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Poetry has this purpose.
What is entertainment?
Daily Double
If an author wanted to illustrate numbers and statistics they might use one of these?
What is a chart or graph?
Define synonym and antonym.
Synonym: Two words with the same meaning.
Antonym: Two words with the opposite meaning.
If I found a problem with the building at my middle school and I wrote down my ideas on how to fix it, I would most likely use this text feature.
What is problem solution?
The setting of a fiction story is...
The setting of a fiction story is when and where the story takes place.
A text that uses fiction features to tell a true story has this purpose.
What is to inform?
This bolded text is one way to label a topic change in a paragraph.
What is a subtitle?
Which of the following words should be capitalized when used in a sentence:
month
pelion high school
walmart
spaghetti
january
school
Pelion High School
Walmart
January
The recent rain has caused some good and bad things to happen for many Texans, I would chose this text structure to organize my information about it.
What is cause and effect?
How can a reader determine the theme of a story?
By looking at: character actions, dialogue, lessons the characters learn, how the character changes, the problem/resolution etc.
A text that uses emotional appeals, logical arguments, or ethical arguments to inform you of an issue has this purpose.
What is to persuade?
This is a short small-print description of a photo that is directly under the photo.
What is a caption?
Identify the errors in the following paragraph:
yesterday my friend and i go to the store because we needed to buy alot of milk eggs and bread. We was so hungry that we decided to get some Pizza too! It's not to far from our house, but the line was long. "I forgot my wallet" he say. So I had to pay for the both of us.
Yesterday, my friend and I went to the store because we needed to buy a lot of milk, eggs, and bread. We were so hungry that we decided to get some pizza too! It is not too far from our house, but the line was long. "I forgot my wallet," he said. So, I had to pay for both of us.
I want to write a true "day in the life of" story. I should chose this text structure.
What is chronological or sequential?