Name this Text Feature
Identifies the topic of the text.
What is a Title?
This is written without personal opinion and states the central idea of the text.
What is an objective summary?
The tornado came through my town and as a result, broke many trees in its way.
What is cause and effect?
To persuade, to entertain, and to inform.
What is author's purpose?
Domain- Layers of Rock
"Our planet made up of many layers of rock. The top layers of solid rock are called the crust. Deep beneath the crust is the mantle, where it is so hot that some rock melts. The melted, or molten, rock is called magma."
What is the mantle, magma, or crust?
Words in bold print that divide a text into sections
What are headings, subheading, or subtitles?
This is usually how long an objective summary is.
What are 5 to 8 sentences?
In both basketball and soccer, an athlete dribbles the ball, however, a basketball player uses his hands and a soccer player uses his feet.
What is compare and contrast?
What is nonfiction?
Domain-Spices
"Did you know that spices do more than make food tastier or hotter? Certain spices also act as preservatives. Before people could refrigerate food, they had different methods of keeping food from spoiling. Adding spices to food was one of them."
What are preservatives?
Words that are written under a picture that explains what is in the picture.
What is a caption?
This is how you start your objective summary.
What is with the title and author of the text?
Lake Harriet is a great place to swim and relax. In the summer, the water is warm, clean, and very refreshing. Visitors can go swimming, canoeing, sailing, windsurfing, or fishing. Lake Harriet is a great way to spend a vacation.
What is a description?
What is synthesis?
Domain-Pollution
"Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the natural environment that cause adverse change. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat, or light."
What are contaminants, the environment, or chemical substances?
Organizes large information in a small space and allows you to summarize and compare the information.
What are graphs/charts/tables?
These are the 5Ws of an objective summary.
What are who, what, where, when, and why?
The issue was that Myrna fell in gym class and was unable to walk. The teacher sent Myrna to the school nurse, and she was immediately given first aide.
What is problem and solution?
Important words in order to explain and understand a topic.
What are domain-specific words?
Domain-Pottery
"My sister loves to create and paint pottery. Pottery can be pots, dishes, and other articles that are made of earthenware or baked clay."
What are earthenware and baked clay?
Allows you to quickly find pages that contain the information you are looking for.
What is an index or a table of contents?
The text feature that usually breaks up a nonfiction text that we can use to help to chunk the text and figure out the supporting details.
What are subheadings or subtitles?
John was chewing gum before class and needed to get rid of it. When he sat down for class, John decided to put his gum under his chair. When class was over he left and Claire sat down. Claire reached under her seat to grab her book and got gum on her fingers.
What is cause and effect and sequence/order?
When a member listens carefully and builds on another member's ideas.
What is accountable talk?
Domain-Bees
"Bees see all colors except the color red. That and their sense of smell help them find the flowers they need to collect pollen. Not only is pollen a food source for bees, but also some of the pollen is dropped in flight, resulting in cross-pollination. The relationship between the plant and the insect is called symbiosis."
What is pollen, cross-pollination, or symbiosis?