Text Features and Text Structures

Text Features and Text Structures

Text Features are the way the author wants you to see the information and text structures are the way the author wants you to read the information.

GRAPHICAL FEATURES AKA TEXT FEATURES

• When you encounter graphic features in texts, use these questions.

  
  

   What graphic features are present in the text and what is the purpose of each feature? How do the graphic features relate to the information provided in the text? How do the features and the words of the text work together to support the author’s purpose and meaning?

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Text Features

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/text-features/video/

Multiple Choice

Using the image above, what is a glossary?

• An alphabetical list of important words and their definitions.

• Tells the name of chapters and what page the chapters can be found.

• A picture labels parts of an object.

• Shows where places/events are located.

Multiple Choice

What is this text feature?

• Chart
• Graph
• Diagram
• Timeline

Multiple Choice

Noun: short news story or graphic that elaborates on a detail in the main text and is set apart on the side or bottom

• caption
• Text Features
• sidebar
• illustrate

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct vocabulary word-  helps the reader learn about other important ideas that go along with the topic or main idea of a passage.

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

Multiple Choice

Found throughout the passage at the bottom of the text -  Help the reader by citing references or giving additional information about a word in the text.

• index
• footnote
• label
• glossary

Multiple Choice

Found at the beginning of sections in a passage- help the reader know what different sections of the text are about

• subtitles & headings
• labels
• special print
• Illustrations

Multiple Choice

Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world

• Illustrations
• Glossary
• Index
• Maps

Multiple Choice

What graphic feature is shown in this example?

• photograph
• table
• map
• diagram

Multiple Choice

Where would you find a caption?

• Close to a picture
• At the top of a section
• On the table of contents
• In the glossary

Text Structures/ Organizational patterns

Are the way the author wants you to read the information.

Compare and Contrast

a text structure in which an author explains how topics are similar and different.

Description

a text structure in which an author tells about a topic and its characteristics with details and adjectives.

Problem and Solution

a text structure in which an author explains a problem and how it was solved.

Chronological Order/Sequence

a text structure in which authors tell about events in the order they happened. It's also called "time order" or "chronology."

Cause and Effect

a text structure in which an author explains causes, things that make other things happen, and effects, the things that happen as a result of causes.

Text Structure/Organizational Patterns

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/text-structure/video/

Multiple Choice

A patent can protect your ideas, but filing for one is neither cheap nor easy. Before you waste a bunch of time and money, conduct a search to see if your idea has already been patented. You can do this from the USPTO website. If your idea hasn't been patented, then you may complete a patent application. Submit your completed patent application and pay the appropriate filing fees. Twelve to thirty-six months later, a USPTO agent will either issue or deny your patent. If your patent is denied, you may file a reconsideration request. If your patent is approved, you will own the rights to that idea. You’ll feel comfortable taking your idea into the wild once it is patented.

• Sequence/Order of Importance

• Chronological

• Cause/Effect

• Problem/Solution

Multiple Choice

Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem

• Compare/Contrast

• Chronological

• Problem/Solution

• Sequence/Order of Importance

Multiple Choice

Identify the Text Structure:

Tornados form when wind speeds at two different altitudes, or heights, are different,causing a horizontal, rotating column of air. A funnel cloud is created when the column of air gets caught in a large thunderstorm called a supercell. When it meets the supercell, the rotating column speeds up and the rain and hail in the thunderstorm cause the funnel to touch down.

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast

• Problem &Solution

Multiple Choice

Identify the Text Structure:

Even though both Disney World and Disney Land were built by Walt Disney himself, they are not the same theme park. Built in 1971 in Orlando, Florida, the main park at Disney World, The Magic Kingdom, features a huge Cinderella Castle. Disney Land, on the other hand, was built in 1955 in California and features Sleeping Beauty’s Castle. While Disney World has four different theme parks, Disney Land only has two. Even with their differences, they are both popular tourist destinations for children and adults!

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

Multiple Choice

Identify the Text Structure:

The Magic Kingdom is the first built of four theme parks at Walt Disney World. It opened on October 1971, and the park features rides and shows related to major Disney characters and fairy tales. Symbols of The Magic Kingdom include Cinderella’s Castle, Main Street USA, and rides like the famous Space Mountain coaster.

• Description

• Cause & Effect

• Compare & Contrast