Text Features and Structures Fast and Curious

Why do authors include illustrations and pictures in their texts?

• to help readers know what the topic looks like

• to help readers  

  locate topics

• to provide definitions

• to find a page where a topic is discussed

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.W.8.2A

What is the purpose of a table of contents?

• to display data for a topic

• to help the reader 

  locate topics in an article or book

• to help the reader know what the topic looks like

• to help the reader 

  understand image

Tags

CCSS.SL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.2A

What is the purpose of a map?

• to find page a topic

   is discussed

• to provide 

  definitions

• to show a location of 

  places on earth

• to help a reader 

  understand image

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

What is the purpose of a labeled diagram?

• to provide 

  definitions

• to find page a topic

   is discussed

• to display data and statistics 

  for a topic

• to provide a visual representation of the topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.SL.8.2

CCSS.W.8.2A

What is the purpose of a caption?

• to help the reader know what the topic looks like

• to help readers

  understand the image; to give information about the image

• to show a location of 

  things on earth

• to represent data 

  for a topic

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

What is the purpose of footnotes and glossaries?

• to provide 

  definitions

• to provide a visual representation of the topic

• to provide 

  supplementary information (additional information)

• to represent data 

  for a topic

Tags

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which text structure tells the order in which events occur or gives the steps of a process?

• problem / solution

• cause and effect

• chronological order

• description

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.W.8.3C

Which text structure tells what happened, why it happened, and what the outcome was?

• problem / solution

• compare / contrast

• chronological order

• cause and effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.3

Analyzing text structures helps readers to:

• Understand the author's personal life

• Predict what will happen next in the story

• Understand how the information is organized and why it matters

• Memorize facts more easily

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5

Which option best describes the problem/solution text structure?

• The text explains similarities and differences among the topics.

• The text describes the topic using imagery to make it more vivid for the reader.

• The text explains the order of events or the steps in a process

• The text describes a conflict that's happening and then offers a way to solve the conflict.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.5