Text Structure
Cause and Effect
What is the event that happened and what happened as a result of it?
Analogy
What is a comparison between two things, often to explain or clarify an idea by showing how they are alike in some way?
To convince
What is wanting to argue that what is said in the text is important or true?
Nutritional
What is healthy?
Claim
What is a statement made about a topic using "I think, I feel, I believe" as its first words?
Chronological Order
What happened first, next, and last in a passage?
Repetition
What is the act of repeating words used to make a point more memorable?
To inform
What is to teach the reader about something in the text?
Integration
What is the putting everything together into a whole?
Evidence
What is "proof" of a claim?
Problem and Solution
What is conflict and how was it resolved?
Exaggeration
What is a figure of speech where something is described as being larger, better, worse, or extreme than what it really is?
To entertain
What is to amuse the reader?
Monotonous
What is boring and repetitive?
Reasoning
What is "how the claim and evidence" connect?
Main Idea
What is central thought of the passage?
Direct Address
What is when a writer speaks directly to a group using "YOU?"
To show emotion
What is text that makes you feel strongly about it?
Classification
What is organizing something with similar traits?
To prompt
What is giving the reader guidance to think about something?
Compare and Contrast
What are the similarities and differences in the passages?
Rhetorical Question
What is a question asked to make a point or create an effect, rather than to just get an actual answer?
To persuade
What is text that wants you to change your opinion to what the text is referencing?
Perspective
What is a personal point of view?
Connotation and Denotation
What is the conversation meaning of a word (connotation) and what is the dictionary meaning of a word (denotation)?