Text Features STAAR Questions

True or False: Authors can use multiple text structures or organizational patterns within the same text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When reading STAAR questions, you should

• underline the number.

• highlight important words.

Text Structure: When an author lists the good parts of a subject and then the bad parts of a subject, the organizational structure most likely is _______.

• chronological

• description

• pros and cons

• problem and solution

Which is a feature of argumentative text?

• plot

• reasoning

• dialogue

• stanza

In an informational text these features help us understand important ideas from the text

• print features

• graphic features

• both print and graphic features

A good way to look for the main idea is to look for things that repeat throughout the passage

• True

• False

True or False: Authors can use multiple text structures or organizational patterns within the same text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When reading STAAR questions, you should

• underline the number.

• highlight important words.

Text Structure: When an author lists the good parts of a subject and then the bad parts of a subject, the organizational structure most likely is _______.

• chronological

• description

• pros and cons

• problem and solution

Which is a feature of argumentative text?

• plot

• reasoning

• dialogue

• stanza