
Text Features and Authors' Purpose
Authored by Sarah Williams
English
6th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The FASTEST way to find out what a nonfiction text is about would be to look at the...
Captions
Glossary
Graphs
Title
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
This informational text feature can be used to find where specific words, people, or topics are mentioned in the text.
The index
The title
The pictures
The glossary
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.5
CCSS.RI.5.5
CCSS.RI.6.5
CCSS.RI.7.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Why do authors use text features?
to make the story funnier
to confuse their readers
to present or integrate information
to let you know that it is fake
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is the author's Purpose
the primary reason an author wrote a text
the main reason something happened
what an author wants you to know about a text
something written to explain something
Tags
CCSS.RI.6.6
CCSS.RI.6.9
CCSS.RI.7.9
CCSS.RL.6.6
CCSS.RL.7.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which of the following is a definition of the following text feature: cause/effect?
a text that resembles an outline. It opens with the main idea and then elaborates on it
the author tells what happened and reasons why it may have happened
the author tells similarities and differences between multiple things
the text follows the order in which events occurred or the steps in a process
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which of the following is a definition of the following text feature: compare/contrast?
a text that resembles an outline. It opens with the main idea and then elaborates on it
the author tells what happened and reasons why it may have happened
the author tells similarities and differences between multiple things
the text follows the order in which events occurred or the steps in a process
Tags
CCSS.RI.1.5
CCSS.RI.2.5
CCSS.RI.K.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
What is the central idea of a text?
the funniest part of a story
a new idea
what the author wants you to know or understand about a topic
the moral of the story
Tags
CCSS.RI.5.2
CCSS.RI.6.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RL.6.2
CCSS.RL.7.2
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