8 lessons on how texts work — theme, the author’s purpose and tone, text structure, story elements, point of view, literary devices, fiction genres and informational texts. Each lesson has theory with short passages, Mimi's tips, three quizzes and a rapid-fire round.
What is the story really about? Finding the lesson in fables, folktales and short stories.
Persuade, inform or entertain? Formal or informal? Who is it written for, and how does it sound?
Sequence, compare & contrast, cause & effect, problem & solution, description — and the signal words for each.
Character, setting, conflict, plot (beginning–middle–end), resolution — and putting events in order.
First, second or third person? Whose eyes are we looking through — and what does the narrator not know?
Simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia, idiom, oxymoron, irony, allusion.
Realistic, historical, fantasy, science fiction, mystery, fable, poetry, drama — how to recognise each and what to expect.
Text features, fact vs opinion, tracing an argument (claim → reasons → evidence), bias, and comparing two texts.