Interpreting Visuals in Nonfiction Texts

Is the part of the text circled in red a HEADING or a SUBHEADING?

• Heading

• Subheading

What is each labeled part of the text?

• #1: Subheading

  #2: Heading

  #3: Vocab word

  #4: Glossary

• #1: Heading

  #2: Subheading

  #3: Vocab word

  #4: Glossary

• #1: Caption

  #2: Subheading

  #3: Glossary

  #4: Vocab Word

What does a CAPTION describe, and where is it located?

• What's going on in a picture; it's located at the very top of the text in big letters.

• Who took a picture; it's located next to or underneath the picture.

• What's going on in a picture; it's located next to or underneath the picture.

Is the CAPTION circled in RED or in PURPLE?

• Red

• Purple

IIs this a DIAGRAM or a GRAPH?

• Diagram

• Graph

Why did the author include the illustration with this passage?

• To fill up space.

• To show how many people attended the event.

• The author wanted to.

• To show the setting of the passage.

Which way could the graph not be used?

• To see how much money the school raised for the playground.

• To figure out which event raised the most money.

• To reward the class that raised the most money.

• To determine if the race or bake sale raised more more.

Where would you find a diagram like this?

• In a brochure about Hawaii.

• In informational a book about surfing.

• In a newspaper article about shark attacks.

• In an essay convincing people that the ocean is better than a lake.

Why did the author include a numbered list?

• So that the reader would know the order of the steps.

• To make it look pretty.

• To show how much work it takes to make meat loaf.

• The author likes to count.

Which feature will tell you the purpose of the survey?

• The caption

• The index

• The picture

• The title