plot
Text Features
Text Structure
Author’s Purpose & Voice
Literary Devices
100

 Moment in a story when the rising action reaches its greatest conflict.

What is climax.

100

Text that is next to photo or graphic

 What is caption

100

Cause statements stem from actions and events. Effects are what happen as a result of the action or event.

  What is cause and effect

100

The author’s purpose for writing (facts) argumentative, 

(emotions) persuade, (information) inform, or (enjoyment) entertain.

 what is author’s purpose

100

Tools or techniques used by the author to enliven and provide voice to the writing.

 What is literary devices

200

The sequence in which the author arranges the events in a story.

What is plot events.

200

Photographs, drawings, maps, or other pictures that give additional information about the text.

 What is Graphics

200

Finding similarities between two things.

 What is compare

200

To tell a story that you would enjoy and makes you laugh.

What is entertain

200

Phrases that cannot be taken literally since it was written to create special effect.

 What is figurative language

300

The solution to the story’s conflict.

 What is resolution

300

The title at the start of a page or section, usually bold or dark print.

 What is heading

300

Finding differences between two things.

 What is contrast

300

To give information about a particular topic; to explain why something is important

 What is inform

300

An interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point, often a dream or a memory.

 What is flashback

400

The plot events in a story that lead up to the climax

 What is rising action

400

A secondary heading, the mini-topic related to the heading.

 What is subheading

400

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things (without using “like” or “as”).

 What is metaphor

400

 To convince others to feel a particular way about a topic.

 What is persuade

400

The author gives clues beforehand about what will happen later.

 What is foreshadowing

500

 The time and place in which a story unfolds.

What is setting

500

A visual aid that condenses information into a series of rows, lines, or other shortened lists.

 What is charts, tables, and graphs

500

The comparison of two unlike things using “like” or “as”.

What is simile.

500

he fluency, rhythm and liveliness in writing that make it unique to the writer. Your written personality the “style” you write with (friendly, formal, every day, short/long sentences).

 What is voice

500

Language that appeals to the five senses; taste, touch, sight, sound, and smell.          Ex: The yeasty aroma of fresh baked bread filled the kitchen. (smell)

 What is imagery