Text Structure and Genre

The video tutorial explores text structure and genre, focusing on poetry, drama, and fictional stories. It explains how text structure contributes to theme, setting, and plot, and defines genre by style, content, and form. The tutorial highlights the characteristics of poetry, such as rhythm and figurative language, the components of drama, including characters and stage directions, and the elements of fictional stories, like plot and resolution. Examples of each text type are provided, and viewers are encouraged to practice identifying text structures.

What is the primary focus of text structure in literature?

• To decide the font style of the text

• To determine the length of the text

• To categorize the text into fiction and nonfiction

• To organize the text and contribute to its theme, setting, and plot

Which of the following is a characteristic of poetry?

• Chapters

• Rhythm and rhyme

• Stage directions

• A table of contents

In a drama, what is the term used for the author?

• Playwright

• Director

• Poet

• Novelist

Which element is NOT typically found in fictional books?

• Stanzas

• Climax

• Resolution

• Characters

What is the purpose of a table of contents in a book?

• To describe the setting

• To provide a summary of each chapter

• To list the characters

• To organize the book by chapters and page numbers

Which text structure is organized by stanzas?

• Book

• Drama

• Fable

• Poem

What do poems, dramas, and fictional stories have in common?

• They all use Roman numerals

• They all have a table of contents

• They all contain a setting, plot, and theme

• They all have stage directions