3rd Grade Text Features

What are illustrations?

• helps the reader see important events in order

• a photograph showing what something looks like

• important words in the story

• a drawing showing what something looks like

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

What is the purpose of text features?

• To help the reader write a report on a text.

• To confuse the reader.

• To help the reader better understand the text.

• To make the text more interesting to look at.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

Which text feature is a list at the beginning of the book that tells you the chapters and page numbers?

• Table of Contents

• Subtitles

• Maps

• Index

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

When a word is bold, underlined, or written in italics the author wants the reader to know that that word is _____________.

• important

• confusing

• complex

• unique

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4A

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Why might an author include a map in an informational text?

• To show the reader what a country looks like.

• To explain to the reader how to get to a country.

• To show the reader where a country is located.

• To help the reader spell the country's name.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

What is the purpose of the photograph in this text?

• To make the reader laugh at the cat.

• To show the reader what the animal looks like.

• To explain to the reader that the cat has big ears.

• To talk to the reader about an interesting cat species.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7

What information could a reader learn about a text from the title?

• What their favorite part is going to be.

• What the text will mainly be about.

• The ending of a text.

• The conflict and the resolution.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.2

What do we call words near a picture or photograph that help readers better understand it?

• labels

• index

• pictures

• captions

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RI.3.7

What TWO text features can you see?

• illustration and map

• glossary and bold word

• photograph and caption

• caption and heading

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.3.7

If an author wanted specific words in a text to stand out to a reader, what text feature could they use?

• photographs

• bold words

• headings

• graph or map

Tags

CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.RI.3.5