Creature Features / Text and Graphic Features

What is the genre of Creature Features?

• nonfiction

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

• personal narrative

How is the story Creature Features told?

• Zoologists share their thoughts about wild animals.

• Each page is set up with dicussions between animals.

• 25 different animals explain their strange appearance.

• People are interviewed about their favoirte animal.

What do all the animals in Creature Features have in common?

• They are all endangered.

• They all live in Africa.

• They all have an odd or interesting body parts.

• They became extinct many years ago.

What is an physical adaptation?

• something that holds the animal back

• a part of the animal that helps it survive

• the animal's strongest feature

• the animal's habitat

What is a picture taken with a camera to show objects as they appear?

• an illustration

• a caption

• a photograph

• a diagram

What behavior do many of the animals in this book exhibit when they are frightened?

• They dig a hole and hide.

• They run away.

• They make themselves appear bigger somehow.

• They camouflage themselves.

Which bird does the book Creature Features teach us about that is one of the fiercest birds in the world?

• pelican

• flamingo

• Harpy eagle

• Egyptian vulture

What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?

• Captions
• Index
• Glossary
• None of the above

Why is the giraffe's tongue purple?

• camouflage

• sun protection

• bruising

• cooling

What graphic feature is this an example of?

• Timeline

• Map

• Chart

• Graph