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Text and graphic features in informational text

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture of diagram.
a)
Illustrations
b)
Captions
c)
Glossary
d)
Chart
2.

Which of these is an example of a timeline?

a)
b)
c)
d)
3.
What is the function of a timeline?
a)
To help readers visualize what happened
b)
To help readers understand the time it took for something to happen
c)
To give you the main idea
d)
It has no function
4.
What graphic feature is shown in this example?
a)
photograph
b)
table
c)
map
d)
diagram
5.
Words or phrases that divide the text into smaller parts. 
a)
Subheading
b)
Heading
c)
Title
d)
Caption
6.

Which of the following groups of words best goes with chronological order?

a)

Then, First, Second, Finally

b)

After, Because Of, As A Result, Therefore

c)

Alike, Different, Similar, Both

d)

Issue, Dilemma, Fix, Solution

7.

An informational text is best described as....

a)

A text that provides the reader with opinions

b)

A text that provides the reader with many images

c)

A text that provides the reader with an interesting story

d)

A text that provides the reader with true facts

8.

Which feature tells you what upcoming text is about?

a)

Caption

b)

Title

c)

Diagram

d)

Sub-heading

9.

Which feature is a text feature?

a)

Graph

b)

Map

c)

Caption

d)

Chart

10.

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 main 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

11.

Which graphic feature helps 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.
Pictures taken with a camera to show objects as they appear in real life.
a)
Diagram
b)
Drawing
c)
Photograph
d)
Table
13.

An author would use this diagram to

a)

Compare and contrast adult brain with a child's brain

b)

Identify the parts and areas within a human brain

c)

Explain how the Occipital lobe is the biggest part of the brain

d)

Show the reader where the brain is located within the human body

14.

An author would use the following diagram in order to...

a)

explain how shark fins look

b)

explain how dolphin fins look

c)

compare and contrast a shark fin to a dolphin fin

d)

show which type of fin is better for cutting the water

15.

________ is how an author organizes the text.

a)

Author's purpose

b)

Text feature

c)

Main idea

d)

Text structure

16.

A diagram is a picture with...

a)

the person who wrote the text

b)

definitions

c)

labels pointing to parts

d)

lists of facts and numbers