Text Structure
What are the five kinds of text structure?
Descriptive, Chronological/Sequential, Problem and Solution, Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast
What is it called when a story goes back in time to give extra information and details?
Flashback
What are the three kinds of author's purpose we focused on in class?
Persuade, Entertain, Inform,
What does STEAL stand for, when making a character STEAL chart?
S: Speech
T: Thoughts
E: Effect on Others
A: Actions
L: Looks
What is a noun?
A person, place or thing
Which text structure uses a lot of adjectives?
Descriptive
What is it called when a story goes back in time to give extra information and details?
Flashback
What is the author's purpose for the majority of NARRATIVE reading?
To entertain
What punction mark is used to identify dialogue in a reading?
Quotation Marks
What parts of speech are adverbs used to describe?
If you see the words similar and different in a reading passage, what text structure is being used?
Compare & Contrast
A man stole 1 billion dollars from the Canadian federal banking reserve, so now every citizen is required to pay $25 to recover the loss.
What narrative technique is being used here?
Hyperbole
If you were reading a document in a hospital about a sick patient, what would the author's purpose be?
To inform
If a character stops someone from getting bullied in a busy hallway, what is the best word you could use to describe them?
A. Silly
B. Annoying
C. Nosy
D. Brave
D. Brave
Which part of speech is always the subject of a sentence?
Noun
If you were giving someone directions on how to mow the lawn, what text structure is being used?
Why would one story want multiple plot lines?
To give the reader a broader understanding of the story with multiple perspectives
If you were reading a speech of someone trying to convince their government to add a stoplight in their city, what would the author's purpose be?
To persuade
If a character has their hair pushed away from their face, they are sweaty with a red face, what might they be doing?
A. Exercising
B. Reading a book
C. Decorating a cake
D. Singing a song
A. Exercising
What does FANBOYS stand for?
For
And
Nor
But
Yet
So
If you see as a result in a passage, what text structure is being used?
Cause and Effect
There was a calm about the day, with a wind so soft it's whisper made my arm hair stick up.
What narrative technique is being used here?
Personification (Wind can't whisper)
Katrina and her brother Jesse were playing with the water hose outside one day. Jesse ran to the house to hide from Katrina so she wouldn't squirt him with the water. The back door opened, and Katrina pointed the water hose toward the door ready to squirt Jesse. To Katrina's surprise it was Mom who was now dripping wet!
What is the author's purpose?
To entertain
"Do you guys see what I'm seeing?" Brad choked.
He gulped and clutched his car keys tight as the grizzly bear approached their tent.
"Guys, I think I just peed myself," Tony confessed, while in fetal position.
Whose quote reveals more about their character?
Tony
What part of speech is meant to help understand the time, place or direction of a sentence?
Prepositions