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WorksheetsKnow Your Text Features
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a feature?
a)
an alternate spelling of feather
b)
an important part of something
c)
a show
2.
What is the purpose of text features?
a)
make the book longer
b)
give you more choices than just reading
c)
draw your attention to important information
3.
The title of a book, magazine or article tells:
a)
what it is mostly about
b)
how to catagorize the text
c)
a specific detail in a passage
4.
Why would an author give a part of the text a heading?
a)
to break up the text
b)
to make an article more colorful
c)
to introduce a new topic
5.
What is one way to know what the heading is on a page?
a)
it might be bold print, larger print, or different colored print
b)
it will say "Heading"
c)
it is at the top of the page
6.
A heading could be only one word, but most often it will be a:
a)
paragraph
b)
sentence
c)
phrase
7.
How does an author signal important information or new words in a passage?
a)
by using different colors
b)
by using bold print
c)
by listing the words at the beginning of the book
8.
What type of print would the writer use to show foreign words in an article?
a)
Italicized print
b)
small print
c)
print that is all capitals
9.
In a non-fiction book, where could you check to find the definitions of bold or italics words?
a)
the index
b)
the glossary
c)
the table of contents
10.
Which word describes a picture by drawing, coloring or painting, created by an artist for a book?
a)
photograph
b)
painting
c)
illustration
11.
What is the main reason for using a photograph beside a section of text?
a)
it helps make the page pretty
b)
it helps make better sense of the text
c)
it shows the reader a picture
12.
Where would you find captions in a non-fiction text?
a)
next to the illustration or photograph
b)
at the back of the book
c)
in the index
13.
Why are captions used in non-fiction books?
a)
to give information they didn't have room for in the text
b)
to define a word in the passage
c)
to explain what's in a picture
14.
What is the glossary most like?
a)
an atlas
b)
a thesaurus
c)
a dictionary
15.
Which of these are text features?
a)
the author and illustrator
b)
graphs, timelines and maps
c)
the main topic and details
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