Point of View
Charlotte, said Wilbur. “We’re all going home today!” The Fair is almost over. Won’t it be wonderful to be back home in the barn cellar again with the sheep and the geese?” For a moment Charlotte said nothing. Then she spoke in a voice so low Wilbur could hardly hear the words. “I will not be going back to the barn,” she said. Wilbur leapt to his feet. “Not going back?” he cried. “Charlotte, what are you talking about?”
The baby was healthy as an ox.
Figurative Language, this is a simile
To surprise her mother on her birthday, Samantha got up early and make coffee. First, she filled the pot with water. Then she cleaned and replaced the filter. Next, she got fresh coffee, measured just the right amount, and poured it into the filter. Finally, she pressed the "on" button and within seconds, the aroma of the fresh-brewed coffee filled the house. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Sequence or Chronological Order
Setting is the when and ...... a story takes place
Where - Setting is TIME and PLACE
the author explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different
Compare and Contrast
The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The people of the village began to gather in the square, between the post office and the bank, around ten o’clock; in some towns there were so many people that the lottery took two days and had to be started on June 26th, but in this village, where there were only about three hundred people, the whole lottery took less than two hours, so it could begin at ten o’clock in the morning and still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner.
Third Person
The backpack weighs a ton.
Figurative, this is a hyperbole
Willow Creek is very different from New York City. There are no tall skyscrapers in Willow Creek. All you can see are fields and sky. Instead of taxicab horns and fire truck sirens, it is so quiet at night that you can hear the crickets chirping. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Compare and Contrast
What part of speech are character traits?
Adjectives, traits describe them
Verbs just tell what they did!
the author lists the items or events in time order; or tells how to make or do something
Sequence or Chronological
We crossed the road to a white house inside a walled garden, and found some food—two loaves of bread, and uncooked steak, and half of a ham. We also found several bottles of water, a sack of beans, and a dozen or so cans of soup, salmon and vegetables. We sat in the kitchen in the dark—not daring to strike a light—and ate bread and ham and drank water out of the same bottle.
1st Person
My brother sits on the couch every day for two hours to play the game.
Literal
The music was blasting so loud, Marco thought his ears would burst. The stage was filled with bright blue laser beams and a shower of yellow and green paper streamers. All around him, the crowd was singing and dancing wildly. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Description
When you describe a character's personality based on what they say, do and how they interact with others you are giving their character.....
Traits - adjectives that describe a character's personality
the author states a challenge or difficulty and lists one or more possible resolutions
Problem and Solution
Mary Maloney was waiting for her husband to come him from work. Now and again she would glance up at the clock, but without anxiety, merely to please herself with the thought that each minute gone by made it nearer the time when he would come. For her, this was always a blissful time of day. She knew he didn’t want to speak much until the first drink was finished, and she, on her side, was content to sit quietly, enjoying his company after the long hours alone in the house.
3rd Person
Let the cat out of the bag.
Joey lost his science book. He knew he would be in big trouble if he was unable to study for the final. What should he do? He thought for a few worried moments, and then decided to retrace his steps. He remembered putting the book in his backpack that morning. He had taken it out at school when his friend Kim asked to look something up. Now he remembered - Kim still had his book! The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Problem and Solution
Name three ways to talk about the when of the setting without giving the actual time (3:15 PM).
1. Season/Time of Year
2. Past, Present, Future
3. Time of Day/Afternoon, Morning, Evening
4. A holiday(Christmastime, etc.)
the author explains a topic, person, place, or thing by listing specific characteristics, examples, or detailed features
Descriptive
Dear Diary, Tonight I just finished one of the books for our read-a-thon, called The Wave. This story is about a school experiment that shows how peer pressure can get out of hand. One of the main characters was a guy by the name of Robert Billing. He pressured and bullied other teenagers into acting like modern-day Nazis. After reading this book, I realized how teens are very gullible; getting tricked into doing things to fit in or be popular.
First Person
Grass looks green.
Literal, grass is literally green
Every spring, shortly after the tulips bloom, farmers in Holland go through the tulip fields and cut the blooms off the tulips. This seems strange, because it leaves a field full of green stems. However, it makes the colorful tulip blooms grow back even bigger and stronger later that spring. The MAIN text structure used in this paragraph is . . .
Cause and Effect....Because they but the blooms off they grow back even better.
Another way to say current times instead of present day...
Hint: starts with a M
MODERN day or MODERN times
The author list one or more reasons that may have led to one or several results
Cause and Effect