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Text Structure
Author's Claim
Text and Graphic Features
Character Development
Similie's and Metaphor's
100

What are the four types of text structure that we learned about?

Sequence (chronological)

Cause/Effect

Problem/Solution

Compare/Contrast

100

What is an author's claim?

The authors opinion.

100

Give me an example of a text feature?

Different font (italics and bold)

Headings

Sidebars

Captions

Bullets or numbered lists.

100

What is character development?

How a character changes and develops throughout the plot of a literary text. 

100

What is a simile?

When you compare two things using 'like' or 'as'.

200

What transition words will you see in a sequence (chronological) text structure?

Before, first, next, then, last and after.
200

Where in the text will we find the author's claim?

At the begining.
200

Give an example of a graphic feature.

Timelines

Illistrations

Photos

Graphs

Maps

Tables

200

What are the two ways a character can develop?

External (physical appearances)

Internal (emotions and feelings)

200

What is a metaphor?

Comparing two things, saying one is like the other.

300

Give an example of a comparing and contrasting text structure.

Ex: A topic will be compared with another to see how they are similar and how they are different.

300

What type of text do we usually see an author's claim in?

Argumentative 

300

How do graphic features help you understand a text?

They give you visuals that match the text. They allow you to see what is happening in the text. 
300

Does character development happen with minor characters, or major characters?

Major Characters

300

In the story, The Storyteller's Candle, is this phrase a simile or a metaphor?

"Her hands moved through the air, like the wings of a bird."

Simile

400
In the story One Plastic Bag, the main character was collecting fruit. Her basket broke and she found a plastic bag to replace it with. What text structure is shown here?

Problem and Solution

400

What does the author need to include in the text, to convince the reader that their opinion is the correct opinion?


Facts and Evidence


400

In the text, Energy Island, the students had text bubbles above their head. Why?

To tell you what the students responses were to what was happening in the text.

400

In the text, The Storyteller's Candle, how does the main character feel in the beginning of the story?

She misses her home island, Puerto Rico. 

400

Give me your own example of a simile.

Answers will vary

500
Explain what cause is. Explain what effect is. 

Cause is WHY something happened.

Effect is WHAT happened as a result.

500

What was the authors claim in the story Farmer Will Allen and The Growing Table?

That everyone deserves to have access to fresh grown food.

500

What information did you find in the sidebars of the text, in the story Energy Island?

Information about different types of energy. 

500

In the text, The Storyteller's Candle, how do the main characters develop throughout the text?

The main character realizes that there are people in America who speak Spanish, too. So, she doesn't feel so alone and begins to like it in New York. 

500

Give me an example of a metaphor.

Answers will vary.