Text Features
How do text features help us?
Text features help us understand the text and can give us additional information.
The three types of text structures we have learned.
Comparison
Chronology
Cause and Effect
What are relevant details?
Relevant details are related pieces of the text that support, or provide information on, the central idea.
Author's Purpose is the reason why_______________.
...an author writes the text.
What text features can be found in, Pasta Comes to America?
title
photograph
caption
map
labels
These are signal words for which text structure?
as opposed to; conversely; however; in contrast; instead of; not only; opposite from; share
Comparison
How do we determine the central idea of a text?
______ + _____= _________________
Topic + Point= Central Idea
The types of author's purpose.
Persuade, Inform and Entertain
How does the map contribute to the meaning of the text?
Ⓐ It shows the different shapes of pasta.
Ⓑ It shows where Italy and America are located.
Ⓒ It describes the menu from a local spaghetti house.
Ⓓ It describes how Italian Americans brought pasta to America.
Ⓑ It shows where Italy and America are located.
What is the text structure for paragraphs 5 and 6?
Cause and Effect
Identifying the _____________ of the text can help us determine the topic and point, or the central idea.
Relevant Details
What is the author's purpose of, Pasta Coming to America?
To inform readers about pasta becoming popular in America.
What information did we learn only from a text feature in the text, Pasta Comes to America?
We learned that conchiglie are shells usually stuffed with cheese and orzo is a small pasta found in many soups.
What is the overall text structure of, Pasta Comes to America?
Chronology
What is the central idea of this passage?
Ⓐ Pasta comes in many shapes and sizes.
Ⓑ Spaghetti houses are now today’s Italian restaurants.
Ⓒ Americans love Italian food and culture.
Ⓓ Pasta became popular in America because of Italians.
Ⓓ Pasta became popular in America because of Italians.
Which of the following sentences does the author include to develop the purpose?
Ⓐ “The names of different types of pasta often describe the way the noodle looks.” (paragraph 1)
Ⓑ “First, they planted vegetables and spices in their own gardens. Then, they bought cheeses and pasta that came from faraway Italy.” (paragraph 4)
Ⓒ “Recipes for homemade pasta meals were included in cookbooks and magazines, and Americans began to eat pasta at mealtimes in their homes.” (paragraph 6)
Ⓓ “For example, conchiglie (con-KEEL-yay) are shells usually stuffed with cheese and orzo (OR-zoh) is a small pasta found in many soups.” (caption)
Ⓒ “Recipes for homemade pasta meals were included in cookbooks and magazines, and Americans began to eat pasta at mealtimes in their homes.” (paragraph 6)
Which sentence from the text best supports the overall text structure of, Pasta Comes to America?
Ⓐ “Pasta can be long and thin or short and thick. It can even come in shapes like wheels or stars.” (paragraph 1)
Ⓑ “Italians first came to America more than one hundred years ago.” (paragraph 2)
Ⓒ “Italians loved many things about America, but they did not always like the food in their new country.” (paragraph 3)
Ⓓ “People liked these restaurants. It made them feel like they were in Italy.” (paragraph 7)
Ⓑ “Italians first came to America more than one hundred years ago.” (paragraph 2)
How does the following relevant detail support the central idea?
“Many Italians came to live in the big cities in America and often they would live together in their own neighborhoods.”
Ⓐ The detail describes the many shapes and sizes of pasta.
Ⓑ The detail explains how pasta is made.
Ⓒ The detail describes Italians coming to America.
Ⓓ The detail explains how long it took Italians to become settled in America.
Ⓒ The detail describes Italians coming to America.