Text Features

This is an example of a ___________?

• Index

• Table of contents

• Chart/Graph

• Caption

This feature list topics and gives you the page number to navigate to the information. Found in the front of the book.

• Index

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Diagram

Authors use different text structures to ______________.

• give facts about their topic

• organize their ideas

• research their topic

• add pictures to their writing

In a text with a cause and effect text structure, the author

• explains something that happened and the reasons why.

• tells about events in the order they happened.

• explains how things are similar and different.

• describes a problem and then explains how someone solved it.

What is the organizational text structure Sequence/Chronological Order?

• describes a topic, idea, person, place, or thing by listing its features, characteristics, or examples

• shows how two or more things are alike and/or different

• time order in which events occur

• key concept and information that supports the concept

Which sentence in this article provides text evidence for the inference that the Montgolfier brothers used hot air to lift their balloons?

• On June 5, 1783, they launched their balloon in the village of Annonay.

• They lit a fire under a small silk bag, which was open at the bottom; at once the bag rose to the ceiling.

• Eventually, they built a huge balloon of linen and paper.

• One night, in 1782, Joseph noticed something that gave him an idea.

Based on the text, how do you know Paul works in construction?

• He has tools

• He wears a hat

• He goes straight up the stairs to shower

• His boots are muddy and his overalls are dusty

What text features can give you a clue of what the main idea is?

• Pictures

• Title

• Headings

• All of these

What lines from the text support the idea that Mom and Max were going to go on a picnic?

• His mother comforted him

• Mom offers Max a sandwich

• She began to unpack the picnic basket

• Max stares blankly out the window

Which text feature helps readers understand the meaning of difficult words by providing definitions?

• A) Index

• B) Glossary

• C) Table of contents

• D) Bibliography