Main Idea and Text Features

10.What is the purpose of these subheadings?

• A)To help the reader understand the author’s opinion

• B)To help the reader visualize the information

• C)To help the reader find the main ideas in each section

• D)To help the reader place events in order

What text feature is shown in the red box?

• Numbered List

• Bulleted list

• Graphic

• Caption

The text feature in the yellow box is called a(an)

• caption

• diagram

• timeline

• sidebar or boxed graphic feature

This article is about the increase in students using the internet. What is the purpose of the text feature in the yellow box?

• To show the number of teens using the internet

• To persuade the reader to use the internet

• To add color and make the article pretty

• To persuade the reader to make a Facebook page

What text feature is used on the list to the left?

• Numbered List

• Chart

• Caption

• Bulleted List

The purpose of graphics (such as graphs, tables, pictures, or maps) is to

• Help the reader visualize important information

• Describe what is found in a photo or illustration

• Separate text into sections based on main ideas

• Show information that occurs in a certain order

The text feature found below the snake photograph is called a(an)

• font change

• caption

• white space

• sidebar

What purpose would this have in an article about tourism in Antarctica?

• It helps readers visualize the changes in tourist numbers from 1992 until 2008

• It helps tourists decide when to visit Antarctica

• It gives reasons not to visit Antarctica in the winter.

• It informs the reader of reasons to visit Antarctica.

What is the purpose of text features?

• Provides factual information

• Includes evidence to support ideas

• Contains text features 

• Includes many forms such as news article and essays

• All of the above.

  All answers apply.

Why would a author include a photograph in a text?

• To have something pretty to look at

• I don't know

• To give you an idea of what something looks like

• They don't include photos