Comparing something using "like" or "as."

To guess what is coming next in a story.

A text that puts things in time order.

Cutie Pie from MLP

Juliet

Using the five senses to add detail.

To link up something you've read to yourself, another text, a movie, a song, etc.

A text that tells you about something that happened as a result of an event.

Romeo

Jax (Sons of Anarchy)

Comparing something NOT using "like" or "as."

To wonder why an author or someone in the text is doing something?

A text that tells you about an issue and how it was solved.

Spongebob

Elsa (from Frozen)

Using exaggeration to draw attention to something.

To need to look for more information, either inside the text or from an outside source.

A text structure that looks at the differences and similarities between two things.

Odysseus

Emmett (Lego Movie)

Making a reference to a famous event or person to help the reader visualize something.

To use clues from the text to tell you about a character or a situation.

A text structure that tries to convince you of something.

Katniss Everdeen

Peta Malarch