Literary Devices and Text Structures

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Literary device that creates a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"

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Simile

Front

Term for the sequence of events that make up a story

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Plot

Front

Point of view that uses "I," "me," and "my" throughout the narrative

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First person

Front

Type of text structure that explains how one event leads to another

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Cause and effect

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Example of an objective summary

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The story follows a young girl who discovers a magical garden

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Purpose of a thesis statement

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To state the main argument or central idea

Front

Word that best describes text that attempts to convince readers of something

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Persuasive

Front

Difference between explicit and implicit information in a text

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One is directly stated, one is implied

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Characteristic of informational text

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Uses facts and evidence

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Author's purpose of "to inform"

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To teach or explain something