Using Text Features

Which text feature is demonstrated in the passage below?

A biography of a famous astronaut called First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong written by James R. Hansen is now available as an audio book.

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Which text feature is demonstrated in the passage below?

A biography of a famous astronaut called First Man: The Life of Neil Armstrong written by James R. Hansen is now available as an audio book.

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Samantha wants to compare the number of residents in several towns in her area. She has gathered the population data she needs. What should Samantha create to best display this data?

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A student is reviewing two pages of photos in her social studies textbook. She believes they were taken during WWII, but doesn't know where. What text feature will provide the information she is missing?

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A man is assembling a cabinet for his TV. He is consulting a drawing that names each part and shows, with arrows, how the parts go together. What is the man using?

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Lisa is doing a report on John Adams. As she chooses her resources in the library, what text feature will help her quickly find out if a book includes information about John Adams?

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Jeremy is choosing a cookbook to borrow from the library. He is most interested in making soups and desserts. What text feature of the cookbooks should he consult to see if they have chapters on those two topics?

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Timothy is looking at a photo in a newspaper of a group of people gathered outside a large building. What text feature will most likely tell him who the people are where the photo was taken?

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What text feature is demonstrated in the sentence below?

An anthropologist studies civilizations and how people build communities to live and work in.

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This text feature is an alphabetical list of important terms from a text with their definitions. It is usually found at the end of the book or article.

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