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TEXT TYPES
AUTHORS PURPOSE
AUTHOR'S POINT OF VIEW
PLOT
FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
100
Purpose of short stories, fables, folk tales
What is to ENTERTAIN READERS or TEACH A LESSON
100
The author's pupose for wiriting short stories and fables
What is TO ENTERTAIN
100
Author tells story from a character's or narrator's viewpoint, not his own
What LITERARY TEXTS (fables, poems, novels, etc.)
100
the series of events in a story, beginning with characters and conflicts
What is PLOT
100
Compares something using the words Like or As
What is A SIMILE
200
The purpose of news articles, textbooks and biographies
What is to PRESENT INFORMATION or DESCRIBE something
200
The author's purpose for news articles and textbooks
What is TO PRESENT INFORMATION
200
Author tries to be unbiased; fair and objective
What is INFORMATIONAL TEXTS (news articles, textbooks)
200
Where and what time a story takes place
What is SETTING
200
Compares something but doesn't use the words LIKE OR AS
What is A METAPHOR
300
Purpose of recipes, how-to articles and directions
What is to EXPLAIN how to do something
300
The author's purpos for recipes, directions for bikes, etc.
What is to EXPLAIN HOW TO DO SOMETHING
300
Author has a neutral point of view (not on one side or the other)
What is CONSUMER MATERIALS (how-to articles, recipes, etc.)
300
People or animals used to reveal information about the story
What are CHARACTERS
300
Words that make sounds, like the "crash" of a car
What is ONOMOTOPEIA
400
Ads, commercials, editorials, persuasive essays, opinion pieces
What are PERSUASIVE TEXTS
400
Author's purpose for commercials and ads or opinion pieces
What is TO PERSUADE READERS
400
Author's point of view determined by positive and negative words used to describe a subject
What is PERSUASIVE TEXTS
400
Message or lesson expressed in a story
What is THEME
400
Repeating consonants, like "slimy snake slid"
What is ALLITERATIVE
500
Phone texts, diaries, journals, personal letters
What are PERSONAL EXPRESSIVE TEXTS
500
Author's purpose for using diaries or journal notes
What is TO EXPRESS PERSONAL FEELINGS AND THOUGHTS
500
Author expresses hir or emotions or attitudes using positive or negative words.
What is PERSONAL EXPRESSIVE TEXTS (diaries, phone texts, journals, etc).
500
Attitude of author towards subject he or she wrote about (amused, sarcastic, admiring, etc.)
What is TONE
500
Exaggeration, such as "big as a house"
What is HYPERBOLE