Text Features
Words in the text that are important and written in darker print.
What is bold faced text?
The author gives information about a problem and then tells how it is solved.
What is problem and solution?
The lesson or moral of the story. What the author wants you to take away from their work.
What is theme?
What is -ology?
The greatest point of suspense in a story. The turning point.
What is the climax?
The title of section of the book giving the main idea of that section.
What is a heading?
What is descriptive text structure?
The most important idea or topic in the story.
What is main idea?
Aqua
Events before the climax. Often a character's attempt to solve the problem but it fails. This is where you may hear others say "the plot thickens."
What is a rising action?
Words used to name parts of a diagram, photograph, or chart.
What is a label?
The author tells the similarities and differences about two or more topics.
What is compare and contrast structure?
A type of figurative language that compares two topics using like or as.
What is a simile?
What does TDA Stand for? How many paragraphs should it be at least?
Actions and events that occur directly after the climax.
the words next to or underneath a picture that explain what it is or what it is about
What is a caption?
What is cause and effect text structure?
A type of figurative language that includes extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
What does PBA stand for? Why do we do them?
The structure or organization of events that make up a fictional story.
What is plot?
A visual representation or information or data
What is chronological text structure?
Prior knowledge + text creates a ______? This helps you to form __________ that needs to relate back to the ____________________.
List 3 different types of poetry vocabulary
What is
stanza, line, rhyme scheme, couplet, etc.
The beginning of the story that introduces the conflict, characters, and setting.
What is an exposition?