Text Features
Text that is darker or brighter than the rest of the sentence.
What is Bold Text?
A story that is set in the past and includes real places and real events of historical importance.
What is a Historical Fiction?
This character finds newfound courage to save their whole family.
Who is Parvana?
The story takes place in the country of...
What is Afghanistan?
A duty, obligation, or burden is also known as.
What is Responsibility?
Text that are slanted to the right.
What is Italics Text?
Any fictional person, animal, or imaginary creature.
What is a Character?
This character cut the main characters hair in the story.
Who is Parvana's Mother?
The only ones who were allowed to go to the market and buy food.
Who are Men/Boys?
A way of handling a problem.
What is Solution?
These are located under pictures and provide readers information on those images.
What are Captions?
A series of events in a story.
What is a Plot?
This character called the main protagonist ugly when she was in her disguise.
Who is Nooria?
The story takes place in the year...
What are the 1990's?
To feel or show displeasure or resentment.
What is Fume?
These give information about what an upcoming section is about.
What are Headings / Sub-Headings?
The time and place in which the story occurs.
What is a Setting?
This character tells the main protagonist "we can force you to cut off your hair, but you're still the one who has to go outside and act the part. We know this is a big thing we're asking, but I think you can do it."
Who is Mrs. Weera?
A cloth worn by women and girls to cover their hair and shoulders.
What is a Chador?
What is Stammer?
Located before a story begins, helps readers see how a text is organized so they can go right to the chapter or section they are looking for.
What are the Table of Contents?
A way to get information about the author and the story before reading the excerpt.
What is the Background?
This character was gruff, but it was ordinary bad-mood gruff, not gruff out of anger.
Who is the Grocer?
What are the Taliban?
Cautiously or carefully.