Types of Texts
Author and Illustrator
Story Elements
Speaking and Listening
Text Features
100
These texts have characters such as dogs that can talk.
What are fiction texts?
100
This person writes the words.
What is an author?
100
In a story these can be animals, people or creatures.
What are characters?
100
When a listener looks at the speaker.
What is eye contact?
100
These are used what a character is speaking in an illustration.
What is a speech bubble?
200
These texts have information based on real life events.
What are nonfiction texts.
200
This person draws the pictures.
What is an illustrator?
200
This is where the story takes place.
What is the setting?
200
When a speaker speaks loud and proud.
What is voice?
300
These have stanzas.
What are poems?
300
this author writes and illustrates books such as "The Mitten" and "The Hat".
Who is Jan Brett?
300
The plot of the story has these three parts.
What are the beginning, middle and end?
300
When a speaker stands up straight and holds still.
What is stance?
300
This is used under a photograph to give information about it.
What is a caption?
400
These texts tell information about a specific persons life. They are written by a separate author.
What are biographies?
400
This author write books such as "The Cat in the Hat" and "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish".
Who is Dr. Seuss?
400
This character encounters a problem that needs solved.
Who is the main character?
400
The person who is in front of an audience.
Who is a speaker?
400
These help the reader understand the picture better.
What is a label?
500
These texts are written about a specific person and are written by that same person.
What are autobiographies?
500
This author writes the book titled "No David".
Who is David Shannon?
500
The plot of a story.
What is a beginning, middle and end?
500
The people in the audience.
Who are the listeners?
500
This tells you what topic is on each page of the text.
What is a table of contents?