Text Structure Vocabulary

What is order of importance?

• The order in which you and your siblings were born.
• The order in which the letters of the alphabet are recited.
• A method of organizing in which a writer lists her supporting details from the most important to the least important
• A method of organization in which actions or events are presented as they occur in time.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What is a topic sentence?

• A sentence about a tropical climate.
• A sentence that always has a subordinate clause.
• A word that restricts or adds to the sense of a head noun.
• A sentence that expresses the main idea of the paragraph in which it occurs.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

What does a cause/effect relationship explain?

• A relationship between events or things, where one is the result of the other or others.
• A reasonable or sensible way that something happens or would happen.
• A written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things.
• A sentence that always begins with the word "why."

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Support is _________

• Using enough sheets of paper to make your argument.
• Additional information that explains, defines, or proves an idea.
• A clause, typically introduced by a conjunction, that forms part of and is dependent on a main clause.
• 
  The ability to express oneself easily and articulately.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

The compare/contrast text structure ___________

• A quotation from a text or speech.
• A method of organization in which actions or events are presented as they occur in time.
• A written exercise about the similarities and differences between two or more people, places, or things.
• A method of organizing in which a writer lists her supporting details from the most important to the least important.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

Another name for a subordinate clause is _________

• simple sentence
• possessive pronoun
• independent clause
• dependent clause

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A way to remember the definition of "chronological order" is to remember that "chronos" means _________

• time
• money
• compare
• contrast

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Other words for independent clause are _____________

• dependent clause
• simple sentence
• interjection
• support

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

A reasonable or sensible way that something happens or would happen is _________

• chronological order
• fluency
• logical order
• order of importance

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

An account regarded as unreliable or hearsay is _____

• a modifier
• a topic sentence
• a quote
• an anecdote

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D