Review
por Adia S. Middleton-James
1. internal text structure
1.1. descriptive
1.2. sequence
1.2.1. chrononlogical
1.2.2. process/ step by step
1.3. compare and contrast
1.4. cause and effect
1.5. problem and solution
2. external text features
2.1. diagrams
2.2. headings
2.2.1. inserts
2.3. pictures
2.4. labels
2.5. subtitles
2.6. captions
2.7. maps
2.8. charts, graphs, illustrations
2.9. table of contents, index, glossary
2.10. font styles
3. author's purpose
3.1. Persuade
3.2. Inform
3.3. Entertain
3.4. Explain
3.5. Describe
4. main idea
4.1. What the passage is mainly about
4.1.1. can be found in the beginning, middle or end
5. parts of speech
5.1. nouns
5.1.1. person
5.1.2. place
5.1.3. thing
5.2. verbs
5.2.1. actions
5.2.2. linking
5.2.3. helping
5.3. adjectives
5.4. adverbs
5.5. Pronouns
5.5.1. he, she, it, we, us, they, me,you,them,her, him
5.6. subjects
5.6.1. Mr. Morton ( is the subject)
5.7. predicate
5.7.1. sings ( what the subject does)
6. summary
6.1. 5w's and H
6.2. Who?
6.3. What?
6.4. When?
6.5. Where?
6.6. Why?
6.7. How?
6.8. Put in own words
7. writing
7.1. pre-writing
7.1.1. brainstorming
7.1.2. clustering
7.1.3. listing
7.1.4. outlining
7.1.5. webbing
7.1.6. free-write
8. theme
8.1. the Message or Lesson the author wants you to get
8.1.1. Winners Never Quit!
8.1.2. Never count your chickens before they hatch
9. opinions
9.1. something that has to be proven; not necessarily true
10. plot structure
10.1. character
10.2. plot
10.3. setting
10.4. conflict
10.4.1. internal
10.4.2. external
10.4.2.1. man vs nature
10.4.2.2. man vs society
10.4.2.3. Man vs. man
10.5. exposition
10.5.1. rising action
10.5.2. climax
10.5.3. falling action
10.5.4. resolution/ conclusion