Fast and the Curious - Reading Skills 2

What is a text structure?

• The motivation or reason an author writes a text.

• The ways authors organize information in a text.

• The written conversation between characters.

• The information that persuades a reader to accept the writer’s claim.

A cause-effect structure...

• presents a problem and suggests one or more possible solutions. This structure often uses words such as issue, question, puzzle, propose, and answer.

• presents similarities and differences between two or more things. This structure often uses words and phrases such as like, similarly, or in the same way or on the other hand, in contrast, or unlike.

• connects events that happen with why they happen. This structure often uses words and phrases such as because, since, as a result, due to, or consequently.

• describes a series of events that happens in a certain order. This structure often uses specific dates and times or words such as first, next, during, finally, and while.

A sequence structure...

• presents a problem and suggests one or more possible solutions. This structure often uses words such as issue, question, puzzle, propose, and answer.

• presents similarities and differences between two or more things. This structure often uses words and phrases such as like, similarly, or in the same way or on the other hand, in contrast, or unlike.

• connects events that happen with why they happen. This structure often uses words and phrases such as because, since, as a result, due to, or consequently.

• describes a series of events that happens in a certain order. This structure often uses specific dates and times or words such as first, next, during, finally, and while.

A problem-solution structure...

• presents a problem and suggests one or more possible solutions. This structure often uses words such as issue, question, puzzle, propose, and answer.

• presents similarities and differences between two or more things. This structure often uses words and phrases such as like, similarly, or in the same way or on the other hand, in contrast, or unlike.

• connects events that happen with why they happen. This structure often uses words and phrases such as because, since, as a result, due to, or consequently.

• describes a series of events that happens in a certain order. This structure often uses specific dates and times or words such as first, next, during, finally, and while.

A compare-contrast structure...

• presents a problem and suggests one or more possible solutions. This structure often uses words such as issue, question, puzzle, propose, and answer.

• presents similarities and differences between two or more things. This structure often uses words and phrases such as like, similarly, or in the same way or on the other hand, in contrast, or unlike.

• connects events that happen with why they happen. This structure often uses words and phrases such as because, since, as a result, due to, or consequently.

• describes a series of events that happens in a certain order. This structure often uses specific dates and times or words such as first, next, during, finally, and while.

What is an allusion?

• show the relationships between two pairs of words.

• involves saying one thing but implying something very different. People often use it when they are being sarcastic.

• a phrase that means something different than what the words in the phrase mean on their own

• a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature

What is an idiom?

• show the relationships between two pairs of words.

• involves saying one thing but implying something very different. People often use it when they are being sarcastic.

• a phrase that means something different than what the words in the phrase mean on their own

• a brief mention of something or someone well known, often from mythology, history, or literature

What is irony?

• involves using a word or phrase in a humorous way that suggests more than one meaning

• involves saying one thing but implying something very different. People often use it when they are being sarcastic

• a phrase that means something different than what the words in the phrase mean on their own

• giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

What is a pun?

• involves using a word or phrase in a humorous way that suggests more than one meaning

• involves using a word that expresses a sound

• a phrase that means something different than what the words in the phrase mean on their own

• giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

What is an analogy?

• involves using a word or phrase in a humorous way that suggests more than one meaning

• involves saying one thing but implying something very different. People often use it when they are being sarcastic

• a phrase that means something different than what the words in the phrase mean on their own

• the relationships between two pairs of words