Text Structure
Words in Context
How many syllables?
Author's Purpose
Figurative Language
100

Name the text structure that lists events in the order they happened

What is sequence?

100

In the sentence "The arid desert had almost no rainfall,

which word helps you figure out the meaning of arid.

What is desert?

100

Important

What is 3?

100

A writer tells a funny story.

What is to entertain?

100

Time is a thief.

What is a metaphor?

200

What text structure shows reasons something happened and the results?

What is cause and effect?

200

In this sentence, Tomas was a novice at chess, but his sister was an expert, what does novice mean?

What is beginner?

200

rhetorical

What is 4?

200

When an author writes an editorial arguing children should have more recess.

What is persuade?

200

She was brave as a lion.

What is metaphor?

300

Identify the text structure that has similarities and differences.

What is compare and contrast?

300

The mammoth was a behemoth of a creature.

What does behemoth mean?

What is large(gigantic)?

300

graph

What is 1?

300

A recipe 

What is inform?

300

I could eat a whole elephant!

What is hyperbole?

400

Identify the text structure that starts with a question and ends with a solution.  

What is problem and solution?

400

The ancient artifact was fragile.

What does artifact mean?

400

perserverance

What is 4?

400

Should, could, must, have to

What is signal words for persuade?

400

Bang! Poof! Snap!

What is Onomatopoeia ?

500

Identify the text structure that lists features or details about a topic, person or thing.

What is description?

500

Christopher ardently waited for her family to return home so they could open her gifts.


What is patiently?

500

editorialized

What is 6?

500

Koalas are from Australia. They are marsupials. They carry their young in pouches.

What is inform?

500

The desk stumbled and swayed towards the floor.

What is personification?