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Facilitating Children’s Comprehension: Text Factors
Chapter 9 Facilitating Children’s Comprehension: Text Factors This multimedia product and its contents are protected under copyright law. The following are prohibited by law: any public performance or display, including transmission of any image over a network; preparation of any derivative work, including the extraction, in whole or in part, of any images; any rental, lease, or lending of the program.
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Chapter 9 Text Factors Stories, informational books, and poems can be easier or more difficult to read depending upon inherent factors of: Genre Broad Categories of Literature Text Structures Organizational Patterns Text Features Narrative devices include foreshadowing & dialogue in stories; headings and indexes are nonfiction features in informational books, and repetition and rhyme are poetic devices.
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Narrative Genres Folklore Fables, Folktales, Myths, Legends Fantasy
Chapter 9 Narrative Genres Folklore Fables, Folktales, Myths, Legends Fantasy Modern Literary Tales, Fantastic Stories, Science Fiction, High Fantasy Realistic Fiction Contemporary Stories, Historical Stories
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Elements of Story Structure
Chapter 9 Elements of Story Structure Plot Characters Setting Point of View Theme
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Chapter 9 Poetic Devices Poetic devices are especially important tools because poets express their ideas very concisely. Alliteration Repetition Imagery Rhyme Metaphor Rhythm Onomatopoeia Simile
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Points of View First-Person Viewpoint Omniscient Viewpoint
Chapter 9 Points of View First-Person Viewpoint Omniscient Viewpoint Limited Omniscient Viewpoint Objective Viewpoint
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Poetic Forms Rhymed Verse Narrative Poems Haiku Free Verse
Chapter 9 Poetic Forms Rhymed Verse Narrative Poems Haiku Free Verse Concrete Poems
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Expository Text Structures
Chapter 9 Expository Text Structures Description Sequence Comparison Cause and Effect Problem and Solution
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Nonfiction Text Features
Chapter 9 Nonfiction Text Features Headings & Subheadings Photographs & Drawings Figures, Maps, & Tables Margin Notes Highlighted Vocabulary Glossary Index
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Comprehension Strategies
Chapter 9 Comprehension Strategies Children apply what they’ve learned about text factors when they: Consider genre Recognize text structure Attend to literary devices When children notice text factors, they’re better able to understand what they’re reading.
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