Text Features

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a heading

• captions

• the table of contents

• the glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in one chapter of a text?

• the heading

• the caption

• the glossary

• the table of contents

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan is writing a report on Italian food. He finds a book titled “Foods of the World.” He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word “Spain” in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the word “Northern Spain ” in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan’s book ________.

• had no text features

• had a diagram but no other text features

• had the table of contents only

• had a heading & subheading

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan decides to skip the chapter about Spain. He turns to Chapter 3 on Italian food. He begins reading. Which of the following is most likely true?

• 
  Juan will have to read Chapter 2 later in order to write his report.

• 
  Juan is using the text features correctly to skim the text and find the information he needs.

• 
  Juan is reading the book from cover to cover.

• Juan is not using text features correctly to help him find the information he needs.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Juan knows that “Italy” will be described on pages 22-30. To figure this out, he probably ________.

• 
  looked for “Italy” in the glossary

• 
  looked for “Italy” in the index

• 
  looked for “Italy” on a diagram

• 
  saw this information on the cover

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

If a word is in bold, italics or underlined, it might be ________.

• 
  a less important detail

• 
  spelled incorrectly

• 
  information you should skip

• 
  a new term to learn

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Cynthia doesn’t understand what’s going on in a picture in her book. What can she do?

• 
  look in the table of contents

• 
  look for a graph

• 
  read the caption

• stare at it for 3 minutes

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

In the book she's reading, Jenny sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. This is a ________.

• diagram

• table

• caption

• vocabulary word

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

True or False: Nonfiction books never contain text features.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A graph or chart ________.

• explains a photograph.

• provides additional description in words.

• 
  displays and organizes facts and numbers.

• 
  shows you all the photographs a book contains.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5