author’s purpose—it is to inform and persuade and entertain
cause/effect—a relationship between events or actions where one event, the cause, leads to another event, the effect.
compare/contrast— a rhetorical style that explores the similarities and differences between two or more things
description—a statement, picture, or account that describes something
informational text—a type of nonfiction writing that aims to educate or inform the reader about a topic
point of view–the perspective from which a story is told.
position–the starting position of something is its origin
problem/solution–a method of analyzing a topic by identifying a problem and proposing one or more solutions
sequence–an arrangement of objects or numbers in a particular order.
text structure–the way authors organize information in text
Fill-in-the-Blanks (pg. 2)
An _____________________ ___________ presents ideas and factual details about a topic.
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