Text Feature and Text Structure

The words that describe a picture or a graph in a magazine, book, or newspaper.

• caption

• table of contents

• sub heading

• graph

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader know the topics of chapters in a book or other written work

• map

• table of contents

• graph

• timeline

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A pictorial representation of numerical or topical information

• heading

• table of contents

• caption

• graph

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A word or group of words at the top of a piece of writing; title

• heading

• glossary

• table of contents

• caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

An alphabetical list of subjects, names, or other information in a book, with pages numbers given for each item.

• table of contents

• photograph

• index

• map

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader understand where things are geographically.

• glossary

• timeline

• map

• graph

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader understand exactly what something looks like.

• sub heading

• photograph

• caption

• appendix

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A graphic presentation of a chronology of events and their dates

• caption

• heading

• map

• timeline

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

" It was just one of those days. First, I woke up an hour late. Then, I realized that my shirt had a big stain on it. So I quickly changed and rain out the door. A few minutes later, I was standing at the bus stop wondering where my bus could be. Suddenly I remembered that I was supposed to set my clock back an hour last night. That's when I realized I wasn't late - I was a whole hour early!"

What text structure is used in the paragraph above?

• sequential order

• cause and effect

• descriptive

• compare and contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

"Too much sun can be deadly. First of all, too much sun can dry your skin, which in turn reduced its elasticity and speeds up the aging process. Second, too much skin can burn unprotected skin and cause permanent discoloration and damage to the dermis. Most important, long-term exposure of unprotected skin can result in skin cancer"

Which text structure does this paragraph use?

• Sequential Order

• Descriptive

• Cause and Effect

• Compare and Contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5