GL Nonfiction Text Features and Structures

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What text feature will a city planner use to show results of tracking new home construction trends over ten years in the closest suburbs?

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charts and graphs

Front

What text feature should Marisol use to identify the speaker in a photo of a famous speech in her paper on Civil Rights?

Back

captions

Front

Cassie needs to draw a picture of her light bulb and explain the key components. Which text feature will she use?

Back

diagrams

Front

Which text feature should be used to illustrate a cross section of the largest pyramid in Egypt and label the different chambers?

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diagrams

Front

What is the purpose of headings and subtitles?

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They help the reader find the main idea of a specific section of the text, making it easier to navigate.

Front

An author would use this diagram to:

• Compare and contrast adult brain with a child's brain
• Identify the parts and areas within a human brain
• Explain how the Occipital lobe is the biggest part of the brain
• Show the reader where the brain is located within the human body

Back

Identify the parts and areas within a human brain

Front

Bold and Italicized words are important because

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They show us what words are important to the text

Front

What type of nonfiction text structure is used in the passage about head injuries in youth soccer leagues? Options: Descriptive, Sequential (or Chronological), Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Problem and Solution.

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Problem and Solution

Front

What is the structure of the following passage: "Every morning, I wake up at about 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed." Options: description, compare & contrast, sequence or chronological order, problem & solution.

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sequence or chronological order

Front

While oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits that grow on trees, they are different colors and have very different tastes.

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compare & contrast