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Text Features

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
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
2.
What is the difference between a illustration and picture?
a)
 A picture is taken with a camera
b)
An illustration is drawn
c)
An illustration is drawn and a picture is taken with a real camera
d)
There is no difference 
3.
Cynthia doesn't understand what's going on in a picture in her book. What can she do?
a)
look in the table of contents
b)
look for a graph
c)
read the caption
d)
stare at it for three minutes
4.
What text feature is added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams?
a)
Illustrations
b)
subheadings
c)
special print
d)
labels
5.
What are the words that are more darkened called?
a)
italics
b)
compares
c)
apples
d)
Bold Print
6.
What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?
a)
Captions
b)
Index
c)
Glossary
d)
None of the above
7.
What graphic feature is shown in this example?
a)
photograph
b)
table
c)
map
d)
diagram
8.

How does a caption help a reader understand an informational text?

a)

it explains a photograph or illustration and gives information that may not be in the text

b)

It provides the reader with an image to show a visual representation of the text

c)

it provides the meaning of a word

d)

It summarizes the overall meaning of the text

9.

Why would a reader use a glossary when reading an informational text?

a)

To find a specific topic

b)

To find the meaning of a bold or highlighted work from the text

c)

to find out more information about the topic

d)

to locate information to see how it is organized

10.

Visual representation of facts and details

a)

headings/subheadings

b)

title

c)

timeline

d)

tables and graphs

11.

Help the reader better understand the order of events and how one event may have led to another, show important events in chronological order

a)

timeline

b)

caption

c)

title

d)

heading/subheading

12.

Lists the major parts of the book along with their page numbers, helps readers to locate information in a book or magazine and see how everything is organized, located in the front of the book.

a)

title

b)

glossary

c)

table of contents

d)

captions

13.

Why do we use text features?

Select two answers

a)

To help identify big ideas

b)

So that we don't have to read the whole book.

c)

To provide support to the information the author gives.

d)

To figure out why the author wrote the book.

14.
The black line is pointing to which text feature?
a)
caption
b)
heading
c)
subheading
d)
diagram
15.
The black line is pointing to which text feature?
a)
caption
b)
heading
c)
subheading
d)
diagram
16.
True/False: We should ALWAYS look at the text features.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
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 
18.

Which of these is an example of a timeline?

a)
b)
c)
d)
19.
This text feature was added to show you
a)
a picture of tall buildings
b)
the height of tall buildings
c)
explain how tall building are built
d)
show the location of the tallest buildings
20.
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