Text Structures
This structure explains events in the order they happened.
What is Sequence?
This writing style tells a story with characters, a setting, and a plot.
What is Narrative Writing
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
A comparison using "like or "as."
What is a Simile?
What do we call the person who tells the story in a narrative?
What is the narrator?
Signal words like "however," "similarly." and "on the other hand" indicates this structure.
What is Compare and Contrast?
This writing aims to inform or explain a topic using facts.
What is informational Writing?
This part of speech describes an action or state of being.
What is a Verb?
A direct comparison stating one thing is another.
What is a Metaphor?
What is the term for a struggle between opposing forces in a story?
What is a conflict?
This structure describes a problem and offers one or more solutions.
What is Problem and Solution?
This writing presents a claim and supports it with evidence and reasoning.
What is Argumentative Writing?
This part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an Adjective?
An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.
What is a Hyperbole?
What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?
First-person uses "I" and tells the story from the character's perspective. Third=person uses "he," "she," or "they" and is told by a narrator outside the story.
This structure explains reasons why something happened and the resulting effects.
What is Cause and Effect?
The main idea or argument in an essay is typically stated in this sentence.
What is the Thesis Statement?
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an Adverb?
A humorous play on words exploiting multiple meanings.
What is a Pun?
In a story, what is the part where the tension builds before the climax called?
What is the rising action?
This structure provides specific details to give a clear picture of a topic.
What is Descriptive?
In narrative writing, the sequence of events is known as this.
What is the Plot?
This phrase begins with a preposition and end with a noun or pronoun.
What is a Prepositional Phrase?
A phrase with a meaning different from its literal interpretation.
What is an idiom?
What do we call the lesson or message that the author wants readers to learn from a story?
What is the theme?