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What is the author’s purpose? Calligraphy is a form of handwriting. A special pen must be used. Letters are formed using up and down strokes. Old documents are usually written in this form. Diplomas, certificates, and other awards are often written in calligraphy.

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain

The main idea is...

• The order in which events happen in a story.
• A series of important details identified in a nonfiction text.
• The big idea or life lesson that the author wants us to take away from a fictional story.
• A brief statement that you create which shows/reflects what a nonfiction text is mainly talking about.

Choose the correct text structure: "In her first well-known photographs, Margaret made the production of steel look magnificent, mysterious, and awe-inspiring. Her photos, filled with streams of melted steel and flying sparks, caught the eye of someone who would change her life."

• Chronological Order

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

• Problem and Solution

A _____ tells the reader specific information in relation to a photograph or illustration within a text

• Bold & Italicized words

• Sub heading

• Caption

• Glossary

Which text structure would USE these SIGNAL or KEY WORDS: before, after, first, second

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

• Description

• Problem & Solution

• Sequence

Choose the correct text structure: "Her mother gave Margaret her first camera in 1921, when she was 17 years old. In 1929, Henry Luce invited Margaret to work at Fortune Magazine. She jumped at the chance and became the first woman in a new field called photojournalism. In 1930, she was the first photographer from a Western country to be allowed into the Soviet Union (now Russia). When World War II broke out in 1939, Margaret became the first female war correspondent. This is a journalist who covers stories first hand from a war zone. In 1941, she traveled to the Soviet Union again and was the only foreign photographer in Moscow when German forces invaded."

• Chronological Order

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

• Problem and Solution

Choose the correct text structure: "​Both Jackie Robinson and Margaret Bourke-White were motivated by the challenge of fitting in. Robinson was the first African American in the major leagues. Bourke-White was the first woman photojournalist. Both convinced critics that they belonged by using their skills and abilities. Like Donna O’Meara, Bourke-White also derived motivation from a sense of adventure.Powers and Bourke-White were also motivated by the advice and support they received. Powers was able to succeed in part because of the lesson Petzoldt taught him. Bourke-White was able to succeed in part because Henry Luce believed in her. Bourke-White appears to have dreamed of adventure from childhood. O’Meara, on the other hand, developed her passion for dangerous volcanoes later in life."

• Chronological Order

• Compare and Contrast

• Descriptive

• Problem and Solution

Bold and Italicized words are important because

• They show us what words are important to the text

• They create visual appeal within an article or story

• They are the topics found in the table of contents

• They tell us what the photographs and illustrations are about

Choose the correct text structure: "​ first, several people at the company wondered if a woman could stand up to the intense heat and generally dirty and gritty conditions inside a steel mill. When Margaret finally got permission, the technical problems began. Black-and-white film at that time was sensitive to blue light, not the reds and oranges of hot steel. The pictures came out all black. Margaret solved this problem by bringing along a new style of flare (which produces white light) and having assistants hold them to light her scenes. Her abilities resulted in some of the best steel factory pictures of that era, and these earned her national attention."

• Chronological Order

• Cause and Effect

• Descriptive

• Problem and Solution

What is the author’s purpose? “She threw the paper airplane. It looped through the trees, under the dog’s belly, up into the sky, and landed on the hot air balloon.”

• to persuade

• to inform

• to entertain