Text Features

The purpose of a Title in a text is to:

• give a summary of the story

• get the reader's attention

• tell the main idea or topic of a story

• make the reader smile

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

An example of a Title in a text is:

• Introduction

• Chapter 1

• The Cat in The Hat

• The End

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The purpose of a Heading in a text is to:

• Divide the text into

  sections and explains

  what the sections will

  be about

• ask questions or tell facts

• tell how to do something

• Tells the names of

  certain parts of a

  photograph or

  illustration

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The purpose of Labels in a text is to:

• confuse the reader

• Tells the names of

  certain parts of a

  photograph or

  illustration

• ask questions or tell facts

• Shows words are

  important or what

  words can be found

  in the glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The purpose of Bold Print in a text is to:

• Shows what

  something looks like

• Identifies the topic of

  the text/tells what the

  text will be about

• Gives interesting

  facts about things or

  asks questions

• Shows words are

  important or what

  words can be found

  in the glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

How does bold print look in a text?

• it is lighter and thinner than other words

• A word written in italics

• it is darker and thicker than other words

• A word written in underline

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The purpose of a Text box in a text is to:

• Gives interesting

  facts about things or

  asks questions

• Distract the reader

• Shows what

  something looks like

• Confuse the reader

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The purpose of Illustrations in a text is to:

• Make the reader happy

• Shows what

  something looks like in the story

• To make you read words

• I don't know

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is an example of Illustrations in a text?

• A drawing in a story

• A table of pages

• A list of words

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps you identify the main idea of a section of the text.

• Glossary

• Title

• Index

• Heading

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5