3rd Grade Text Features

Front

What are illustrations?

Back

a drawing showing what something looks like

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What is the purpose of text features?

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To help the reader better understand the text.

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Front

Which text feature is a list at the beginning of the book that tells you the chapters and page numbers?

Back

Table of Contents

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When a word is bold, underlined, or written in italics the author wants the reader to know that that word is _____________.

Back

important

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Why might an author include a map in an informational text?

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To show the reader where a country is located.

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What is the purpose of the photograph in this text?

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To show the reader what the animal looks like.

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What information could a reader learn about a text from the title?

Back

What the text will mainly be about.

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What do we call words near a picture or photograph that help readers better understand it?

Back

captions

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What TWO text features can you see? Options: illustration and map, glossary and bold word, photograph and caption, caption and heading

Back

photograph and caption

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What text feature can an author use to make specific words stand out to a reader?

Back

bold words

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