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Text Features

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This feature informs the reader of important words/vocabulary found within the paragraph.
a)
Glossary
b)
Bold words
c)
Captions
d)
Table of contents
2.
What is the term for the words that appear below a picture? 
a)
glossary
b)
caption
c)
description
d)
photo
3.
What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?
a)
Captions
b)
Index
c)
Glossary
d)
None of the above
4.
Pictures taken with a camera to show objects as they appear in real life.
a)
Diagram
b)
Drawing
c)
Photograph
d)
Table
5.
A list of chapters in a book and the page numbers where each chapter starts.
a)
Index
b)
Table of Contents
c)
Glossary
d)
Framed Text (Text Box, Insert)
6.
Words or phrases that divide the text into smaller parts. 
a)
Subheading
b)
Heading
c)
Title
d)
Caption
7.
What graphic feature is shown in this example?
a)
photograph
b)
table
c)
map
d)
diagram
8.
This is an example of a ___________?
a)
Index
b)
Table of contents
c)
Graph
d)
Caption
9.
What is this text feature called?
a)
caption
b)
timeline
c)
heading
d)
graph
10.
Where would you find a caption?
a)
Close to a picture
b)
At the top of a section
c)
On the table of contents
d)
In the glossary
11.
What is the first clue that helps you know what a text is about?
a)
the title
b)
a heading
c)
the table of contents
d)
the pictures
12.
What is the function of an italicized word in a text? 
a)
It has no function.
b)
To show that a word is important.
c)
To show a word is not important.
d)
To draw your eye to the text.
13.
What text feature is added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams?
a)
Illustrations
b)
subheadings
c)
special print
d)
labels
14.
The purpose of graphics (such as graphs, tables, pictures, or maps) is to ____________
a)
Help the reader visualize important information 
b)
Describe what is found in a photo or illustration 
c)
Separate text into sections based on main ideas 
d)
Show information that occurs in a certain order 
15.
The purpose of the text feature below the photo is _______________.
a)
to show the main idea of the article to the reader. 
b)
To convince the reader that snakes are dangerous 
c)
To provide an explanation of the photo
d)
To inform the reader about the history of snakes. 
16.
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 
17.
This article is about the increase in students using the internet. What is the purpose of the text feature in the yellow box?
a)
To show the number of teens using the internet
b)
To persuade the reader to use the internet
c)
To add color and make the article pretty
d)
To persuade the reader to make a Facebook page 
18.
What purpose would this have in an article about tourism in Antarctica? 
a)
It helps readers visualize the changes in tourist numbers from 1992 until 2008 
b)
It helps tourists decide when to visit Antarctica 
c)
It gives reasons not to visit Antarctica in the winter. 
d)
It informs the reader of reasons to visit Antarctica. 
19.
What is the author’s purpose for the text feature inside the red box?” 
a)
To show the main idea of the first paragraph. 
b)
To provide info not found in the text 
c)
To show the main idea of the article. 
d)
To establish where an event happens and how far away. 
20.
Under which heading might you find information on Will’s childhood chores? 
a)
Hard Work at Home
b)
Early Fame
c)
Movie Magic
d)
How He Does It
21.
Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world
a)
Illustrations
b)
Glossary
c)
Index
d)
Maps
22.
Found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic
a)
Glossary
b)
Photographs
c)
Index
d)
Maps
23.
The index is used to.....
a)
define a word
b)
label a picture
c)
illustrate a section
d)
tell what page to find it
24.
What is the difference between the index and the table of content?
a)
They are both the same
b)
Table of contents give definitions index does not.
c)
Index is at the beginning of the text the table of contents is at the back 
d)
The table of contents is at the beginning the index is at the back.
25.
What are the words that are more darkened called?
a)
italics
b)
compares
c)
apples
d)
Bold Print
26.
What is the term for the words that appear below a picture? 
a)
glossary
b)
caption
c)
description
d)
photo
27.
This feature informs the reader of important words/vocabulary found within the paragraph.
a)
Glossary
b)
Bold words
c)
Captions
d)
Table of contents