Text Features

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of text features in nonfiction text?

• To confuse the reader

• To help students understand the text

• To make the text longer

• To add pictures.

Multiple Choice

Text features provide information that may not be written in the text itself. True or False?

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of ________ text.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Poetry

• Drama

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a Table of Contents in a book?

• To list the major parts of a book along with their page numbers.

• To provide a summary of each chapter.

• To include the author's biography.

• To give a detailed index of terms.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of an index in a book?

• To provide a summary of each chapter

• To list key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers

• To give a detailed explanation of topics

• To show the author's biography.

Multiple Choice

A glossary helps readers by allowing them to look up key terms to find out their ______.

• color

• meaning

• size

• shape

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a reason why titles are important in a text?

• Titles tell the reader the topic of the text.

• Titles show the main idea of the text.

• Titles help the reader by letting them know what they are about to read.

• Titles confuse the reader about the topic.

Multiple Choice

Subheadings are printed in large or bold type to ______.

• confuse the reader

• make them stand out

• hide information

• decorate the page

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What is the purpose of using italics in a text?

• To make the text look fancy

• To highlight important information

• To confuse the reader

• To make the text longer.

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What is one way that photos and illustrations help readers?

• They confuse the reader.

• They give information in a visual way.

• They make the text longer.

• They replace the text.

Multiple Choice

Photos and illustrations help the reader understand an idea from the text that was ______.

• clear

• confusing

• exciting

• boring

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a caption?

• To decorate the page

• To explain what is shown in a picture or illustration

• To confuse the reader

• To add more text to the page.

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank: Captions help the reader understand information that may or may not be in the ____.

• text

• picture

• title

• author

Multiple Choice

What is one purpose of a textbox in a document?

• To provide less information

• To provide more information than is in the text

• To confuse the reader

• To remove important information.

Multiple Choice

A textbox can include interesting facts or important information the author wants the reader to know. True or False? Fill in the blank: Textboxes help readers understand by creating ______ or emphasizing important information.

• confusion

• interest

• boredom

• distraction

Multiple Choice

What is one of the purposes of a map?

• To show the basic shape of the land

• To provide a list of countries

• To display historical events

• To show the weather.

Multiple Choice

Maps help the reader understand where an event happens. Which of the following options best completes the sentence? Maps also help the reader understand ______.

Answer choices

• how to cook a meal

• how far away an event took place

• the history of a country

• the population of a city

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What is the purpose of a diagram?

Answer choices

• To confuse the reader

• To show or explain something

• To decorate the page

• To make reading difficult.

Multiple Choice

A diagram helps the reader understand ______.

• how to draw

• steps, how objects are made, or information in the text

• the author's opinion

• unrelated topics.

Multiple Choice

What is one way tables help readers understand information?

Answer choices

• By organizing large amounts of information in a small space

• By making the text colorful

• By adding pictures

• By making the text longer.

Multiple Choice

Tables present all kinds of data, from numbers and amounts, to _______ and menus.

• pictures

• calendars

• stories

• songs

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Timelines show important events in ________ order.

• alphabetical

• chronological

• random

• reverse