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Genre and Text Structure

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  • The characters try to solve a puzzle that often involves a crime. The writer gives clues to the reader. What genre am I?
    Mystery
  • This is not the title of the book, but it is on top of paragraphs and tells what that section in the story is about...
    heading
  • What genre is the book series Harry Potter?
    Fantasy
  • Traditional Tales  include these kinds of stories...(they may include a lesson or moral). Name at least 1.
    FFFL- Fables, Folktale, Fairytale, Legend
  • A person writes about his/her own life.
    Autobiography
  • What is a "true statement that can be proven"?
    Fact
  • These texts provide information about a variety of topics likes snakes, cars, space and more.
    Non-Fiction
  • What are the words (pronouns) for 1st Person Point of View?
    I, We, Us
  • These stories are told in a comic book format.
    Graphic Novel
  • What genre has rhyme, rhythm, repetition, imagery, and stanzas?
    Poetry
  • What genre is "a made up story that could happen in real life"?
    Realistic Fiction
  • This gives you page #'s for different items in the book. This is usually at the back of the book.
    Index
  • A mini dictionary of key words found at the back of the book...
    Glossary
  • What text structure helps me find similarities and differences about something? (Venn Diagram)
    Compare and Contrast
  • The word for "when and where the story takes place"?
    Setting
  • What text structure tells what happens and why it happens?
    Cause and Effect
  • In poetry, we count ______ instead of sentences, and ______ instead of paragraphs.
    lines; stanzas
  • This gives you information about pictures in the text...
    Caption
  • This genre uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary plot, theme or setting.What genre includes magic,
    fantasy
  • What genre teaches us about a topic?
    Informational Text
  • These stories are have characters such as witches, vampires and ghosts.
    Horror (Scary)
  • These are words that are dark and that the author wants you to pay attention to. Usually these words are defined in the glossary.
    Bold Words
  • What text structure puts details in time order? (First, then, next, last)
    Chronological
  • These stories usually take place in the past. Sometimes contain actual settings with fictional characters.
    Historical Fiction
  • What is "the most important Idea in a text"?
    Main Idea or Central Idea
  • What genre usually takes place in the future, may include time or space travel, and technology.
    Science Fiction
  • What are the three connections we can make?
    Text-to-self; Text-to-text; Text-to-world
  • What is a biography?
    A true story about amazing real people living now or in the past.
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