Text Features and Authors' Purpose

The FASTEST way to find out what a nonfiction text is about would be to look at the...

• Captions

• Glossary

• Graphs

• Title

This informational text feature can be used to find where specific words, people, or topics are mentioned in the text.

• The index

• The title

• The pictures

• The glossary

Why do authors use text features?

• to make the story funnier

• to confuse their readers

• to present or integrate information

• to let you know that it is fake

What is the author's Purpose

• the primary reason an author wrote a text

• the main reason something happened

• what an author wants you to know about a text

• something written to explain something

Which of the following is a definition of the following text feature: cause/effect?

• a text that resembles an outline. It opens with the main idea and then elaborates on it

• the author tells what happened and reasons why it may have happened

• the author tells similarities and differences between multiple things

• the text follows  the order in which events occurred or the steps in a process

Which of the following is a definition of the following text feature: compare/contrast?

• a text that resembles an outline. It opens with the main idea and then elaborates on it

• the author tells what happened and reasons why it may have happened

• the author tells similarities and differences between multiple things

• the text follows  the order in which events occurred or the steps in a process

What is the central idea of a text?

• the funniest part of a story

• a new idea

• what the author wants you to know or understand about a topic

• the moral of the story

Which of the following is a definition of the following text feature: description of list?

• a text that resembles an outline. It opens with the main idea and then elaborates on it

• the author tells what happened and reasons why it may have happened

• the author tells similarities and differences between multiple things

• the text follows  the order in which events occurred or the steps in a process

Helps readers identify what the chapter, unit, or larger section of the text will be about.

• Title

• Caption

• Index

• Glossary

Which text feature helps readers quickly locate specific information in a text?

• A) Table of Contents

• B) Index

• C) Glossary

• D) Title