Text Features
It is often said that lightening never strikes twice in the same place, but this isn't true. Go ask forest rangers. Rangers who spend their summers as fire-fighters will tell you that every thundershower brings several bolts of lightning to their lookout stations. Name the main idea.
What is it is often said that lightening never strikes twice in the same place?
When a passages discusses the similarities and differences of two ideas.
What is compare & contrast?
Put this in order: going to school wake up eat dinner eat breakfast go to bed
(Sequence)
What is wake up, eat breakfast, going to school, eat dinner, go to bed?
MaKayla wants to know what it would be like to be firefighter. Name a good resource for her to use.
A. TV show about firefighters
B. dictionary
C. encyclopedia
D. interview a firefighter
What is D. interview a firefighter?
When a text diagnoses an issue and provides context for actions to take.
What is problem & solution?
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. Name a difference.
(Compare & Contrast)
Sherita needed information about pollution in China and India. Where would she probably find the latest and most accurate information?
A. a history book
B. an almanac
C. the Internet
D. a travel agent
What is C. the internet?
A visual image representing an area or land.
What is a map?
A text organized by putting events in order
What is sequence?
The Florida worm lizard does not have legs or feet. It is about 8 inches long and looks like a giant earthworm because it is pink. It does not have eyes or ears, but it has a mouth that looks like other lizard's mouths. Name the text structure.
What is description?
Where could you find information about how clothing is made?
A. an Internet article about fashion
B. a newspaper article about sizes of clothing
C. an Internet article about clothing prices
D. a magazine article about making clothing
What is D. a magazine article about making clothing?
In a phrase or sentence when words are more obvious than others.
What is bolded text?
A text structure that includes a lot of facts and details
What is description?
My friend put a pencil in my Chromebook and the screen broke. I went to the library to get a loaner. Name the problem.
(Problem/Solution)
What is the screen broke?
Mr. Smith has asked his class to do current event reports once a week. What would be the MOST reliable and updated source for this type of report?
A. Mom's history book she used in school
B. 1995 World Book Encyclopedia
C. the world news report on television
D. back issues of magazine in the library
What is C. the world news report on television?
a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities, typically of two variables, each measured along one of a pair of axes at right angle
What are graphs?
Penicillin is one of the greatest wonder drugs. It has saved thousands of lives already and will save many more in the future. Unfortunately is has no effect at all on most of the ills of mankind. Penicillin is a very good drug, but it is certainly not a cure-all. Name the main idea.
What is penicillin is a very good drug, but it is certainly not a cure-all?
When a text describes an event or several events and the event or events that follow, or result.
What is Cause & Effect?
The wasteful energy use of many Americans has contributed to global warming. Name the effect.
(Cause/Effect)
What is global warming?
Which of the following would support a presentation about how people catch colds?
A. a video clip showing how the cold virus is spread
B. an audio clip of someone who has a cold, talking
C. a video clip of people standing in cold weather
D. a PowerPoint of people who have colds
What is C. a video clip showing how the cold virus is spread?