Text Features
What text feature identifies the topic of the text?
Title
Simile
An action word.
Verb
What punctuation indicates possession, or missing letters in a word?
Apostrophe ( ' )
What is a one word paragraph summary?
When you summarize each paragraph in a passage with one word.
What text feature tells the names and pages of chapters?
Table of Contents
Words with opposite meanings that are combined into a phrase that makes a new meaning.
Oxymoron
A word that replaces persons, places and things in a sentence.
Pronoun
Creates a separation or pauses between phrases and words.
Comma
Where do we find the thesis of a passage?
Top and bottom of passage
What text feature explains what a graphic feature is about?
Caption
An expression that does not mean exactly what it says.
Idiom
"So," "but," "or," and because are examples of what part of speech?
Conjunction
Indicates speech, slang or a title.
What is the difference between the main idea and the key idea?
Main idea= of whole passage
Key Idea= of paragraph
A text feature containing the location of topics in a nonfiction or informational work.
Index
An extreme exaggeration of the facts, stated figuratively.
Hyperbole
The part of speech that describes the position of something in a sentence.
Preposition
If two sentences are about the same topic, what punctuation would join these two sentences to make one sentence?
semicolon ( ; )
What text feature helps you most identify the main idea of a passage?
Title
A text feature that captures information and organizes it visually.
Graph
"Bang!" is an example of which figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
"He quickly ran outside." The word "quickly" is what part of speech?
Adverb
Comma
What is another word for the main idea of a passage?
Controlling Idea