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Text Features
Text Structure
100
Gives information in a visual way
What is photographs and illustrations
100
So Because As a result
What is signal words showing cause and effect
100
Explain or gives more infromation about a photograph or illustration
What is a caption
100
See visual #1
What is caption
100
How is the following passage organized? In most countries of the world, football is a popular sport. However, when people in Italy or Peru talk about “football”, they refer to the sport that we in the US call “soccer”. Soccer and American football are similar but also different in several ways.
What is compare and contrast?
200
Shows events in chronological order
What is a timeline
200
First Then Next
What is signal words showing sequential order
200
Organizes large amounts of infromation; compares information in the text
What is a table
200
See visual #2
What is subheading
200
How is the following passage organized? The Gainesville City Zoo just received its first three animals. The first animal it received was a deer. The second animal it received was a monkey. The third animal it received was a lion. Children in Gainesville are excited about the opening of the zoo!
What is sequential order?
300
A drawing that helps explain steps in a process(cycle) or how objects are made
What is a diagram
300
Same as Similar Either
What is signal words showing comapre and contrast
300
Gives information in a visual way; often comapres diffent events, people, or loactions
What are maps, graphs, and charts
300
See visual #3
What is italics
300
How is the following passage organized? Many people think that they can get sick by going into cold weather improperly dressed; however, illnesses are not caused by temperature- they are caused by germs. So while shivering outside in the cold probably won’t strengthen your immune system, you’re more likely to contract an illness indoors because you will have a greater exposure to germs.
What is cause and effect?
400
Nonfiction text used to decsribe objects, events, or a process.
What is expository text
400
Finally Before After
What is signal words showing sequential order
400
Tells what happened and why it happened
What is cause and effect
400
See visual #4
What is a diagram
400
How is the following passage organized? Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious.
What is compare and contrast?
500
Text printed in boldfaced that divides the text into sections and tells the main idea of each section.
What is a subheading
500
Therefore If...Then Consequently
What is signal words showing cause and effect
500
The three components that make up expository text (EX Factor)
What is explain, expose, and gives examples
500
See visual #5
What is a table
500
How is the following passage organized? This morning was crazy. My alarm clock was set for PM instead of AM, so I woke up really late. I just threw on some clothes and ran out the door. I rode my bike as fast as I could, I did not want to late for school!
What is sequential order?
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