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WorksheetsText features check
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 16mins
Found under pictures, diagrams, charts, or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture or diagram.
Illustrations
Captions
Glossary
Chart
Found throughout the passage at the bottom of the text to help the reader by citing references or giving additional information about a word in the text.
Index
label
Footnote
Glossary
What text feature is used with the word “saliva”?
Caption
Heading
Sidebar
Italics
Bold
Why did the author choose to put “saliva” in bold text?
To make the paragraph attractive and easy to read
Draw the readers attention to an important word
Point out the main idea of the paragraph
Help the reader visualize the information
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 idea
Show information that occurs in a certain order
The text feature found below the snake photograph is called a...
Font change
Indent
Italics
Caption
The purpose of the text feature below the photo is...
to show the main idea of the article to the reader
To convince the reader that snakes are dangerous
To provide an explanation of the photo
To inform the reader about the history of snakes
What text feature is used in the red boxes?
Sidebar
Column
White space
Subheading
What is the purpose of these subheadings?
To help the reader understand the authors opinion
To help the reader visualize information
To help the reader place events in order
To help the reader know what each section is about
Under which heading might you find information on Will’s childhood chores?
Hard Work at Home
Early Fame
Movie Magic
How He Does It
Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in one section of text?
Caption
Glossary
Bibliography
Heading
Had no text features
Had a diagram but no other text features
Had the table of contents only
Had a heading and subheading
If a word is in bold, italics, or underlined, it might be...
A less important detail
Spelled correctly
Information you should skip
An important detail
Mr. Overstreet doesn’t understand what’s going on in a picture in a book. What can he do?
Look at the table of contents
look for a graph
Read the caption
Stare at it for 3 minutes
Nonfiction books contain text features.
True
False
How many o’s are in the following question? You have to count in order to got this question correct.
12
13
14
15
What are the definitions of the word mammoth?
Huge
Tiny
Man with a lot of hair
Large extinct elephant with lots of hair
