TEAS 7 Reading: Craft and Structure

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1st person POV

“I” — narrator’s POV

2nd person POV

“you” — narrator addresses the audience

3rd person POV

“he, she, they” — narrator and audience are not referrenced

note: considered most formal POV

tone

the writer’s attitude toward a subject or audience

denotative meaning

literal meaning of a word

connotative meaning

includes the emotional reaction a word may evoke

examples of figurative language

• descriptive language

• exaggeration

• similes

• metaphor

• personification

metaphor

equates something that is not particularly similar, instead of using like or as

simile

uses like or as to make the comparison

personification

describing a non-human thing as if it were human

the intent and purpose categories authors use most

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

(PIE)

informative texts

educate and enlighten readers — intention is to deliver info in the most comprehensible way

persuasive texts

convince or attempt to change the reader’s mind

note: often opinion is stated as fact; might also contain unfair explanation of opposing positions

entertaining texts

entertain the reader — often narratives or poems containing colorful language

descriptive texts

focuses on a particular subject in a way that will be clear to readers — often contains many adjectives and adverbs

expository text

informs and enlightens — usually nonfiction centered around a simple, easily defined topic

narrative texts

must have a plot and characters, often has figurative language

technical passage

describes a complex object or process; can contain jargon

3 text structure types

1. problem-solution

2. compare and contrast

   1. cause and effect

problem-solution structure

nonfiction texts organized to present a problem followed by a (or many) solutions

compare and contrast structure

one of the most common forms of nonfiction

cause and effect structure

used to explain why something happens of the consequences of things