Text Features
Main Idea
Summary
Text Structure
Grammar
100
This feature is often found in informational text.
What is a picture and caption?
100
True or False
Main idea is normally three to five sentences long.
False.
100
True or False
Summary includes the main idea, along with the beginning, middle and end.
True.
100
Difference between text structure and text features.
What is one describes the characteristics of informational text, the other explains the format of the text?
100
Identify the subject and verb in the sentence.
My dog ran after the squirrel.
Subject: Dog
Verb: Ran
200
The text in the yellow rectangle represents this text feature.
What is a "pop out"?
200
The main idea sums these sentences within a text.
What are supporting details?
200
To retell something in your own words.
What is restate, or paraphrase?
200
First, then last
What is sequence?
200
Where do the commas go in this sentence?
My teacher Mrs. Gatson has dreadlocks.
My teacher, Mrs. Gatson, has dreadlocks.
300
Found at the back of an informational novel, this feature helps the reader to navigate to a specific topic within the book.
What is an index?
300
True or False.
There can only be one main idea in a text.
False.
300
Dinosaurs lived on the Earth for approximately 180 million years. About 250 million years ago during the Permian Period, the Earth's seas shrunk. Reptiles, including dinosaurs, survived this period. The dinosaurs were the strong, dominant reptiles of the period. By the end of the Jurassic Period, dinosaurs had reached enormous sizes and roamed the Earth as leaders. In the Cretaceous Period, the dinosaurs died out, and more mammals began to flourish.
The reason why dinosaurs were able to survive the Permian Period is because:
- The only needed to eat vegetation in order to survive.
- They were stronger than some of the other mammals.
- They were able to swim.
- The Permian Period didn't last for a long time.
- They were stronger than some of the other mammals.
300
My shoes got wet in the rain, so I put them in the dryer.
What is problem and solution?
300
In, Under, Across, Below
What is a preposition?
400
The author may include this, to inform the reader about the location of the events in the text.
What is a map?
400
The main idea of this text:
Meet Koko: a female gorilla born at the San Francisco Zoo on July 4th, 1971. Koko learned sign language from her trainer, Dr. Penny Patterson. Patterson began teaching sign language to Koko in 1972, when Koko was one year old. Koko must have been a good student, because two years later she moved onto the Stanford University campus with Dr. Patterson. Koko continued to learn on the campus until 1976. That's when she began living full-time with Patterson's group, the Gorilla Foundation. Patterson and Koko's relationship has blossomed ever since.
What is "Koko is a gorilla who was taught sign language by Dr. Penny Patterson"?
400
As our landfills grow into large mountains of junk it has become apparent that we need to take action. Every year thousands of water bottles are thrown into landfills where they do not get recycled and they do not decompose. Thus, further adding to our society's waste.
These sentences support the argument that buying bottled water
- destroys our environment.
- makes people money.
- helps people stay healthy.
- makes finding clean water easier.
- destroys our environment.
400
I left my shoes outside and they got wet in the rain.
What is cause and effect?
400
Write a compound sentence.
I wanted to stay after school, but I did not ask my mom.
500
The author includes this feature to inform the reader about unfamiliar words or events with a note at the bottom of the page.
What is a foot note?
500
The main idea of this text:
Reading provides knowledge. Knowledge is power. Therefore, reading can make you a more powerful person. You can learn to do new things by reading. Do you want to make video games? Do you want to design clothing? Reading can teach you all this and more. But you have to get good at reading, and the only way to get good at something is to practice.
What is "Reading is a powerful skill that can help you gain more knowledge"?
500
What is the summary of the book Cactus Hotel?
The saguaro cactus grows tall in the desert over many years. Many animals live in and around the cactus and eat its fruit. Insects live in the cactus after it dies. Its seeds spread across the desert and create a cactus forest.
500
How does identifying the text structure help you to understand your reading?
It helps you understand the author's purpose for writing the text.
500
Write a complex sentence that contains a prepositional phrase.
In my history class, we watched a movie.