Author's Purpose
Text Structure
Plot
Trivia
100
What's author's purpose?
Author's purpose is the reason the author wrote the text.
100
What text structure is this?
Sophia is very messy and spilled chocolate ice cream all over her new shirt, so her mom helped her clean it up!
Problem and Solution
100
What's plot?
Plot is made up of all the events in a story
100
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Da Vinci
200
What are the three different reasons authors write?
(PIE) To persuade, entertain, and inform.
200
What text structure is this?
First, line a baking tray with baking paper. Break milk chocolate into even pieces. Place into a heat-proof bowl. Next, one-third fill a saucepan with water. Bring to the boil over high heat. Reduce heat to low. Lastly, dip one-third of the strawberries into chocolate. Place onto tray. Repeat with dark and white chocolate.
Sequence
200
How many events make up plot?
Plot is divided into six different parts
200
Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Explorer are different types of what?
Web Browsers
300
Whats the authors purpose?
An article about the life cycle and migration of monarch butterflies
To inform the audience
300
What text structure is this?
I was walking and looking at my phone at the same time, so I tripped and fell.
Cause and Effect
300
The turning point of the story
What is the climax?
300
Who was the first woman pilot to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Amelia Earhart
400
What's the author's purpose?
A story about two friends who are watching their neighbor's dog and the dog runs away, but they find him before their neighbor gets home.
The author's purpose in this short story is to entertain the audience
400
What text structure is this?
Cats are very good pets for several reasons. They are naturally good caregivers because they take care of their kittens, so they want to take care of their owners as well. Cats are quite clean, and if you train them to use a litter box, they require almost no cleanup in their areas.
Descriptive
400
What is the order of the parts of plot?
Plot is made up of the exposition, conflict, the rising action, climax, falling action, and the resolution
400
Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?
Marie Curie
500
What is the author's purpose?
Do you know where chocolate comes from? From the cacao tree. The seed pods are picked and then dried. Finally, a factory turns them into chocolate that we can eat. Yum!
The author's purpose is to inform the audience
500
What are the five different text structures?
Descriptive, Chronological Order, Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, and Problem and Solution
500
Why is the climax important?
It is the turning point and the tension is at its peak
500
What was Mickey Mouse's original name?
Mortimer Mouse