Nonfiction Text Features

The purpose of the timeline is to show?

• When each territory became a state.

• Which state is the most popular.

• Why you should listen in class.

• How long until recess.

Why did the author include the illustration with this passage?

• To fill up space.

• To show how many people attended the event.

• The author wanted to.

• To show the setting of the passage.

Why do you need a poncho?

• It is going to rain.

• Ponchos are fashionable.

• You will get wet from the waterfall.

• The store was out of sweaters.

Which city is south of Boring, Oregon?

• Gold Bar, Washington

• Headquarters, Idaho

• Opportunity, Montana

• Searchlight, Nevada

Which way could the graph not be used?

• To see how much money the school raised for the playground.

• To figure out which event raised the most money.

• To reward the class that raised the most money.

• To determine if the race or bake sale raised more more.

Where would you find a diagram like this?

• In a brochure about Hawaii.

• In informational a book about surfing.

• In a newspaper article about shark attacks.

• In an essay convincing people that the ocean is better than a lake.

Who was Galileo Galilei?

• Your mom.

• An Italian scientist who developed a better way to look at the stars.

• A character from Star Trek.

• The guy in the Bohemia Rhapsody song.

Why did the author include the word in parenthesis?

• He wasn't sure which word to use.

• It was an accident.

• To define the word sand.

• To tell you what you need for the project.

Why did the author include a numbered list?

• So that the reader would know the order of the steps.

• To make it look pretty.

• To show how much work it takes to make meat loaf.

• The author likes to count.

Which feature will tell you the purpose of the survey?

• The caption

• The index

• The picture

• The title