Information Text
This text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different.
Compare and Contrast
Words that repeat the same beginning sound, like “wild winds.”
Alliteration
The lesson or message the author wants readers to learn.
Theme
The written text of a play.
Script
What is missing?
The desert is hot dry and windy.
commas. (The desert is hot, dry, and windy.)
This text structure explains why something happened and what happened as a result.
Cause & Effect
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
simile
The person telling the story.
Narrator
Instructions that tell actors how to speak or move.
Stage Directions
Choose the correct word:
Their / There / They’re going to the market.
They're
A statement that can be proven true using evidence.
Fact
A comparison that does NOT use “like” or “as.”
Metaphor
The turning point or most exciting part of the story.
Climax
A conversation between characters.
Dialogue
What is a run-on sentence?
A run-on sentence is two or more sentences joined incorrectly without proper punctuation or conjunctions.
The message or main point of an informational text.
Central Idea
The pattern of rhythm and rhyme in a poem.
Rhyme scheme
The struggle between characters or forces in a story.
Conflict
A division of a play.
Act
Which sentence is correct?
A. The dog wag its tail.
B. The dog wags its tail.
B. The dog wags its tail.
Information from the text that supports the author’s central idea.
Supporting evidence (text evidence)
The feeling or attitude the poet has about the subject.
Tone
Clues the author gives about what will happen later.
Foreshadowing
the organized, causal sequence of interconnected events that make up a story, rather than just a chronological list of happenings. It reveals how and why characters change, typically following a structure of exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Plot
What should be added to improve this sentence?
She went to the store.
Add details or elaboration to improve the sentence.