Text Features

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a title
• captions
• the table of contents
• the glossary

Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in one chapter of a text?

• the title
• the caption
• the glossary
• the table of contents

Juan is writing a report on Italian food. He finds a book titled "Foods of the World." He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word "Spain" in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the word "Northern Spain" in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan's book________.

• had no text features
• had a diagram but no other text features
• had the table of contents only
• had a title and subtitle

Juan decides to skip the chapter about Spain. He turns to Chapter 3 on Italian food. He begins reading. Which of the following is most likely true?

• Juan will have to read Chapter 2 later in order to write his report.
• Juan is using the text features correctly to skim the text and find the information he needs.
• Juan is reading the book from cover to cover.
• Juan is not using text features correctly to help him find the information he needs.

Juan knows that "Italy" will be described on pages 22-30. To figure this out, he probably______.

• looked for "Italy" in the glossary
• looked for "Italy" in the index
• looked for "Italy" on a diagram
• saw this information on the cover

If a word is in bold, italics, or underlined, it might be _______.

• a less important detail
• spelled correctly
• information you should skip
• a new word to learn

Cynthia doesn't understand what's going on in a picture in her book. What can she do?

• look in the table of contents
• look for a graph
• read the caption
• stare at it for three minutes

In the book she's reading, Jenny sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. This is a ________.

• diagram
• table
• caption
• vocabulary word

Nonfiction books never contain text features?

• True
• False

A graph or chart_________.

• explains a photograph
• provides additional description in words
• displays and organizes facts and numbers
• shows you all the photographs a book contains