Text Features
Text Features
Main Idea
Cause & Effect
Context clues
Commonly Confused Words
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This feature explains an illustration/photograph.
What is a caption?
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This is an example of a ________.
What is a graph?
100
Fire ants are painful pests. The fire ant earned its name because of its venom. The insect uses a wasp-like stinger to inject the venom, which causes a painful burning sensation and leaves tiny, itching pustules. The ants will swarm over anyone or anything that disturbs their nests.
Fire ants are painful pests.
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What is the cause in this sentence?
Because it rained, I got soaked.
Cause: it rained
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What does the underlined word mean?
On the way to her room after just having been grounded, Tammy murmured something under her breath.
whisper, mutter
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Your or You're?
_____ shoes are always untied.
Your
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Located in the front of a book, this feature list topics and page numbers to navigate to the information.
What is a table of contents?
200
The words organs and glands are examples of what?
What is bold text?
200
Starbucks Coffee is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. It is the largest coffeehouse company in the world, with 21,160 stores in 63 countries and territories, including 12,067 in the United States.
Starbucks is the largest coffee company in the world.
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What is the cause in this sentence?
Since I got straight A's, my parents took me out to dinner.
Cause: I got straight A's
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What does the underlined word mean?
The cat scuttled quickly around the room without lying down at all.
run, rush, scurry
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your or you're?
Are you sure ____ not hurt?
you're
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Located in the back of the book, this feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words.
What is a glossary?
300
What text feature is "Finding Food"?
What is a heading?
300
Meerkats in Africa live in large groups of 20 to 50 members. The group works together to survive. All members of the group care for the baby meerkats. They take turns babysitting and will protect the young ones from danger. If any dangerous animal comes towards the group, the meerkats will bark a warning
Meerkats live in groups to care for and protect each other.
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What is the effect in this sentence?
Due to peanut allergies, students aren't permitted to bring in baked goods.
Effect: students aren't permitted to bring in baked goods
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What does the underlined word mean?
The lanky dog never got fat even though he ate a lot.
slim, skinny
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There, Their, or They're?
______ always late to class!
They're
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This is an illustration with labels.
What is a diagram?
400
Located in the back of a book, this is an alphabetical list of topics or keywords found in the text, along with their page numbers.
What is an index?
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Fire ants are painful pests. The fire ant earned its name because of its venom. The insect uses a wasp-like stinger to inject the venom, which causes a painful burning sensation and leaves tiny, itching pustules. The ants will swarm over anyone or anything that disturbs their nests.
Fire ants are painful pests.
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Based on this passage, what is the initial cause of some forest fires?
Forest fires sometimes begin through natural events. Very little rainfall and dry forests are ideal situations for fires to start. All it takes is a lightning strike, sparking a fire that can destroy the entire forest. Often, forest fires are so large that firefighters can't stop them.Then, people are forced to evacuate and hope that their property isn't destroyed.
Cause: a lightening strike
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What does the underlined word mean?
I meandered through the woods taking my time exploring.
wandered, roamed
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There, Their, or They're?
If ____ going to misbehave, it's ____ problem, not mine.
they're - their
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What does it mean if a word is in bold print?
It indicates that an important, or key, word reader needs to know.
500
What is the difference between a glossary and an index?
A glossary provides definitions of terms, while an index lists topics and their page numbers.
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Few of us could swim in the ocean comfortably after seeing filmmaker Steven Spielberg’s terrifying movie Jaws. In his hit movie E.T. the Extraterrestrial, Spielberg created a sweet, funny film about a being from outer space. In 1985, he gave us The Color Purple, a moving picture that earned him a Best Director nomination.
Steven Spielberg makes blockbuster films in a variety of genres.
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Based on the passage, what is the effect of storm water runoff?
One reason streams become polluted is storm water runoff. When rain or melted snow runs off, it carries trash from sidewalks and streets with it. These pollutants flow into storm sewers or directly into a lake, stream, or river. The trash itself can choke and suffocate ducks, fish, turtles, and birds.
Effect: Trash chokes ducks, fish, and turtles.
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What does the underlined word mean?
Jackie was mortified after her puppy ripped her friend’s brand new sweater.
embarrassed, humiliated
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There, Their, or They're?
The team roster is over ____. Be sure to introduce yourself because ____ going to be working for you all season, and ____ faith in you will determine how well hard they defend you on the field.
there - they're - their