Paired Text Unit W-1 & 2

1. why an author writes about a particular topic (to persuade, to entertain, to inform, to explain, to analyze)

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

• Character

• Climax

2. text based on imaginative ideas and storytelling not presented as fact

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

• Character

• Climax

3. a person or thing who plays a role in a book, play, or movie

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

• Character

• Climax

4. the highest point in the plot where the problem/conflict reaches its peak

• Author's Purpose

• Fiction

• Character

• Climax

5. the problem

• Conflict

• Plot

• Resolution

• Setting

6. the events in a story that includes the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution

• Conflict

• Plot

• Resolution

• Setting

7. the solution

• Conflict

• Plot

• Resolution

• Setting

8. the time and place in which a narrative occurs

• Conflict

• Plot

• Resolution

• Setting

9. language not intended to be taken literally using imagery, metaphors, and other literary devices

• Figurative Language

• Informational Text

• Central Idea

• Text Structure

10. a text that presents information in order to explain, clarify, and/or educate

• Figurative Language

• Informational Text

• Central Idea

• Text Structure