HC Text Features 5th Grade

Front

Which text feature introduces the main topic of the story or passage? Options: title, author, biography, fiction

Back

title

Front

Which text feature is listed in the table of contents and throughout the text to tell what the section is about? Hint: They are usually larger in print.

Back

headings

Front

Which text feature sequentially lists the major parts of a book along with the page number? Hint: It is found at the beginning of the book. Options: diagram, index, title page, table of contents

Back

table of contents

Front

Which text feature shows where things are located in a city, a country, or in the world? Options: maps, cutaway, glossary, timeline

Back

maps

Front

Which text feature visually compares two or more pieces of numerical data?

Back

graphs

Front

Which text feature shows words in slanted print? Hint: The words are important. They are written this way to show us the word is a title, foreign word, a thought, or is stressing a point.

Back

italics

Front

Which text feature organizes facts about a topic in a visual way? Options: glossary, index, chart, title

Back

chart

Front

Which text feature shows words in darker, thicker print? Hint: The words are usually in the glossary and they are important.

Back

bold(faced) font

Front

Which text feature is an alphabetical listing of key words from the book that includes definitions? Options: table of contents, title page, index, glossary

Back

glossary

Front

Which text feature is an alphabetical listing of topic words from the book with page numbers that show where the topic is found in the book? Options: glossary, index, caption, timeline

Back

index