Feature Presentation (Text Features)
This feature is found at the beginning of a book and lists page numbers for each section.
(What is a Table of Contents?)
This structure explains how two or more things are alike and how they are different.
(What is Compare and Contrast?)
When writing a summary, you must stay "this," meaning you are neutral and don't take sides.
(What is Objective?)
The "R" in the RACES writing strategy stands for this.
(What is Restate the question?)
This is the first text feature a reader sees and should label.
(What is a title?)
These are words found next to or underneath a photo that explain what the image is.
(What is a Caption?)
This structure lists dates or events in the exact order they occurred.
(What is Chronological?)
To maintain a professional feel, your summary should use this type of "tone."
(What is a Formal Tone?)
The "C" in RACES reminds you to do this to prove your point.
(What is Cite Evidence?)
Identifying these while reading helps you understand how the author organized the information.
This feature provides a list of higher-level terms and their definitions, usually at the back of the book.
(What is a Glossary?)
This structure presents an issue and follows it up with ways to resolve it.
(What is Problem and Solution?)
This is the term for being one-sided or favoring one point of view over another.
(What is Bias?)
When you explain how your evidence proves your answer, you are completing this letter of RACES.
(What is "E"?) *
When you see a word you don't know or a "higher-level" term, you should do this.
(What is use context clues to determine the unknown word's meaning?)
This organizes information into a preview of what a specific section of the text will be about.
(What is a Title or Subtitle?)
When one event makes another thing happen, the author is using this structure.
(What is Cause and Effect?)
An objective summary should be written in this "Point of View" (no "I" or "me").
(What is Third Person?)
This is the type of question you use the RACES writing strategy for.
(What is an open-ended question?)
This is what should be written after reading the entire article.
(What is a brief objective summary and/or the central idea?)
These two types of visual aids show data or statistics.
(What are Charts and Graphs?)
This structure provides a very detailed account that discusses specific traits of a person, place, or thing.
(What is Description?)
This is the "gist" or the overall point the author is trying to make in a text.
(What is the Central Idea?)
To "Summarize" or "Check" your work is the final step, represented by this letter.
(What is "S"?)
While reading, it is important the readers label these five things.
(What are the WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, and WHY of the article?)