Text Structures
There is nothing new about beards. Men in ancient Egypt would shave off their beards. But not all Egyptian men shaved. Some spent hours caring for their beards. They dyed them, braded them and even wove gold threads into them. The kings and queens of Egypt sometimes wore false beards called postiches.
A. Description
B. Cause and Effect
C. Sequence
D. Compare and Contrast
What is A. Description?
What reference material would you use to find the meaning of the word “barbarian”?
A. Dictionary
B. Encyclopedia
C. Atlas
D. Thesaurus
What is A. Dictionary?
What text feature is found at the front of a text and tells the page number of different sections?
A. Vocabulary
B. Glossary
C. Table of Contents
D. Header
What is C. Table of Contents?
Where do you put the colon in the following sentence?
Jenna packed a delicious lunch peanut butter and jelly sandwich, chips and a cookie.
A. after Jenna
B. before jelly
C. before cookie
D. after lunch
What is D. after lunch?
Which literary element describes the time and place of a story?
A. setting
B. plot
C. characters
D. conflict
What is A. setting?
Have you ever shivered on a cold day? This is because when you are cold, signals are sent from the nervous system to the muscles. This causes you to warm up.
A. Description
B. Compare and Contrast
C. Cause and Effect
D. Sequence
What is C. Cause and Effect?
What reference material would you use to find different words to use to describe the feeling of exhilaration?
A. Dictionary
B. Encyclopedia
C. Atlas
D. Thesaurus
What is D. Thesaurus?
What text features are bold or italicized words that can be found in a glossary for meaning?
A. Vocabulary
B. Glossary
C. Caption
D. Header
What is A. Vocabulary?
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative. John’s dog is _____ at jumping than Steven’s.
A. good
B. gooder
C. better
D. best
What is C. better?
Which literary element describes the problem of a story?
A. setting
B. plot
C. characters
D. conflict
What is D. conflict?
Bearded Dragons and Crested Geckos are both lizards, but they are very different. Bearded Dragons enjoy a desert environment, but Crested Geckos live in a more humid environment. Both lizards enjoy eating crickets.
A. Description
B. Sequence
C. Cause and Effect
D. Compare and Contrast
What is D. Compare and Contrast?
What reference material would you use to look at the different levels of elevation in the state of Colorado?
A. Dictionary
B. Encyclopedia
C. Atlas
D. Thesaurus
What is C. Atlas?
What text features are visuals on a page that show locations or information about text?
A. Maps/Diagrams
B. Glossary
C. Caption
D. Header
What are A. Maps/Diagrams?
Fill in the blank with the correct comparative or superlative.
The neighbor has the _______ car in the neighborhood.
A. new
B. newer
C. newest
D. newerer
What is C. newest?
If the narrator is the one telling the story, the text is written in ______ point of view.
A. first person
B. second person
C. third person
D. fourth person
What is A. first person?
Rubber was bought from South America by travelers. Workers would cut rubber trees and cause the liquid rubber in class bottle. There was a problem though. The liquid would harden and stay in the shape of the bottle. A man named Charles Macintosh had an idea how to fix this issue. He found a way to melt the hard rubber back into a liquid.
A. Description
B. Compare and Contrast
C. Cause and Effect
D. Problem and Solution
What is D. Problem and Solution?
What would I use an encyclopedia for?
A. To tell me in depth information about Theodore Roosevelt.
B. To Tell me the meaning of the word president.
C. To show me the map of the Washington D.C.
D. To provide me with synonyms for the word “Election”.
What is A. To tell me in depth information about Theodore Roosevelt?
What text feature is the title of paragraph or next section of text?
A. Glossary
B. Italicized Print
C. Caption
D. Heading/Subheading
What is D. Heading/Subheading?
Fill in the blank with the correct possessive noun. I went in the _______ front door.
A. school’s
B. schools
C. schoolss
D. schools’s
What is A. school’s?
Which literary element refers to the process of revealing the traits and behaviors of the people in a story?
A. character
B. characterization
C. conflict
D. resolution
What is B. characterization?
The George Washington Bridge opened in 1931. In 1932 about 5 million cars crossed the bridge. By 1960 the number was about 50 million. In 2000 about 90 million cars crossed the bridge.
A. Description
B. Sequence
C. Cause and Effect
D. Problem and Solution
What is B. Sequence?
What would I use an atlas for?
A. To tell me the meaning of longitude and latitude.
B. To show me the history of the rose compass.
C. To show me a physical map of the United States.
D. To give me alternative words for travel.
What is C. To show me a physical map of the United States?
What text feature is usually below a photo to give more information?
A. Vocabulary
B. Glossary
C. Caption
D. Heading/Subheading
What is C. Caption?
Fill in the blank with the correct possessive noun. The _______ toys are new.
A. kids’
B. kids
C. kidses
D. Kids’s
What is A. kids'?
Which of the following is NOT a component of the plot mountain?
A. exposition
B. sliding action
C. climax
D. resolution
What is B. sliding action?