Text Features

Identify the text feature

• photograph

• table of contents

• chart

• glossary

Answer explanation

A chart has a lot of different ways it looks.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What do we call the circled words?

• bold print

• italics

• headings

• guide words

Answer explanation

Bold print is often used to emphasize new vocabulary.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the blue arrow pointing to?

• The index

• The Table of Contents

• The heading

• A caption

Answer explanation

In this example, the subheadings are "Brain" and "Spinal Cord".

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What text feature is displayed here?

• Glossary

• Title page

• Index

• Photograph

Answer explanation

The information below the image is a clue !

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What text feature is this?

• glossary

• index

• guide words

• table of contents

Answer explanation

The glossary gives the meaning of the words, but the index doesn't.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Identify this text feature.

• diagram

• illustration

• caption

• photograph

Answer explanation

An illustration is a drawing, but a photograph is a real picture.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What text feature is this?

• table of contents

• chapter title

• glossary

• guide words

Answer explanation

This is in page order - which is a clue that it is table of contents and not index.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the red arrow pointing to?

• labels

• a diagram

• a caption

• a timeline

Answer explanation

The caption describes an image.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is this text feature?

• glossary

• index

• title page

• heading

Answer explanation

The alphabetical order is the clue!

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5