Text Features
This tells the reader what the entire passage/text is going to be about.
Title
The text has key words such as similar, different, however, the opposite of
Comparison
This prefix means again
This suffix means is or can be
What you do BEFORE you even start reading the passage or text
Look at the TEXT FEATURES
These words are in darker print in a text/passage.
Bold Words
You see key words of cause, effect, as a result, this is what happened, because
Cause & Effect
This prefix means before
pre-
This suffix means it happened in the PAST
-ed
Helps you "get rid of" answer choices that are incorrect
Eliminator
This tells the reader what the section will be about.
Heading
This is an order of events.
Chronology
This prefix means not or opposite of
un-
This suffix means it is happening in the PRESENT
-ing
This tool helps you highlight the important information or things you did not know before
Highlighter
This text feature shows a sequence of events using dates.
Timeline
Shares the life of a person using dates.
Chronology
This prefix means to remove
de-
This suffix means without
-less
Read a paragraph, stop, think, and write some notes.
Stop & Jot
This tells the reader what the photo or image is about and is usually underneath it.
Caption
The passage is about the cause of earthquakes and the effects of when one happens
cause & effect
This prefix means not
non-
This suffix means full of
-ful
The process we use to answer test questions that helps you process what makes sense and what's the right answer
X and Respect