TEXT STRUCTURES
What text structure explains how 2 things are different and the same?
comparison/ venn diagram
Simile
an essay has how many paragraphs?
4-7+
read the questions ________
first
or
many times
What is the theme?
the moral or lesson the author wants you to take away after reading the story.
What text structure explains the relationship between an event and what happened as a result of the event?
Cause and Effect.
claims
statements/ideas
The introduction includes a ________ ________and _______ _________.
focus statement and back ground knowledge
underline __________ or challenging ________
unknown/words
What is an inference?
What you know (background knowledge) + what you see or read (evidence) = inference
an educated guess.
What text structure tells the characteristics of a topic?
description
summarize
give a brief/short statement on the main idea
Proof paragraphs need ...
____
____
____
Reason
Evidence
Explanation
use process of ___________
elimination
What point of view has the words I, We, Us, Our?
First-person point of view
what text structure gives evidence of a problem and ways to solve it?
problem/solution
"develop a central idea"
This means to come up with a focus statement for an essay
The conclusion connects to the _______ _______.
focus statement
When there's a challenging word or an unknown word you can do one of these three things
1
2
3
1 Read around the word
2 look at affixes and roots (word parts)
3 sound it out
You need to put quotes in _______ ______.
"quotation marks"
what text structure shows steps in a process in order?
chronological/sequential
"compare the speakers attitude"
Examine the similarities and differences between the authors tone and word choice
After your evidence in your paragraph you need your "____ ____" sentence to explain how it connects
this shows ...
or explain
You should always _________/ _________ the text.
re-read/look back in
You can find clues in the text but also in the ______and _____
pictures and titles/subtitles