Scharff ELA Text Features

What text feature is this a picture of?

• a graph
• a timeline
• a sidebar

What would we call the section in the red rectangle?

• a sidebar
• a heading
• a caption

Why are there words all around the illustration of a microscope?

• to give a definition of the parts
• to show that there are many parts
• to label the parts

What are the bold words under the picture?

• a caption
• a heading
• a title

Which is a definition of a glossary?

• an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places where they occur, typically found at the end of a book.
• an alphabetical list of terms or words found in or relating to a specific subject, text, or dialect, with explanations; a brief dictionary.
• a list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear.

Name the print in the red circle:

• bold
• important
• italics

Mary has a 200 page book on the life of mammals.  Where should she look to find the section titled Giraffes?

• in the glossary
• look for highlighted text
• in the table of contents

All the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text are called...

• text features
• labeled diagrams
• detailed graphs

The text feature found below the snake photograph is called a

• font change

• white space

• caption

• side bar

The purpose of the caption below the photo is

• to show the main idea of the article to the reader.

• To convince the reader that snakes are dangerous

• To give information about the photograph.

• To inform the reader about the history of snakes.