Informational Text Features

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

• a heading

• the table of contents

• captions

• the glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

• the heading

• the caption

• the glossary

• the table of contents

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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 the table of contents only

• had a heading and subheading

• had only a diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan knows that Italy will be described on pages 22-30 of his Italian food cookbook. To figure this out, he looked for "Italy" in the:

• glossary

• index

• diagram

• cover

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Amy doesn't understand what is going on in a picture in her article. What can she do?

• look at the table of contents

• stare at it for at least three minutes

• read the caption

Tags

CCSS.RF.5.3A

CCSS.RF.5.4C

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

In the science passage that he's reading, Doug sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. Doug is looking at a:

• caption

• vocabulary word

• diagram

• table

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Nonfiction articles never contain text features.

• true

• false

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A graph or chart:

• displays and organizes facts and numbers

• explains a photograph

• provides an additional description in words

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Nonfiction or informational texts:

• give true information about a topic

• entertain using narrative story elements

• tell about an experience using rhythmic language

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

A glossary is most similar to a/an:

• website

• journal

• encyclopedia

• dictionary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5