Text Features
This type of Text Feature tells you what each paragraph will be about.
What is a sub-heading/title?
The author's main purpose for writing this story..
What is to inform or show readers what to do in case of an emergency or crisis
This is what the acronyms CDC mean or stand for
What is "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention"
This vocabulary word means to be contagious.
What is infectious
This Text Feature is a clue that certain words are important to understanding the text.
What is Bolded or Italics words?
The author's purpose for including paragraph 8
What is to teach the reader what the CDC's job is during an emergency or crisis
These are the people the CDC sends to help when there is an outbreak
Proliferation can be defined as this..
What is an increase in number or amount
This is the Text Feature you should refer to when learning what to pack in an emergency kit.
What is the graphic emergency kit chart.
What is the author's purpose for including an emergency kit in this story
What is to show you the items you will need in case of an emergency
This is the first step the CDC takes when there is a disease outbreak
What is an investigation
An outbreak of a disease that occurs and affects a lot of people over a wide area is called this..
What is a pandemic
If you need to tell someone what story you're reading, you should refer to this text feature.
What is the Title?
This is the main clue that the author intended for the story to be light hearted or funny.
What is the way the author spelled out Z-O-M-B-I-E-A-P-O-C-O-L-Y-P-S-E
How do we know the CDC is not a myth
There's evidence that the CDC works for the United States and those overseas.
Also, we experienced a pandemic and the CDC helped us remain safe
The ___________ of any living thing will often create an overpopulation problem and cause an environmental imbalance.
pandemic
disease
proliferation
infestation
This text feature can be found at the bottom of a page or section. It normally provides the definition for words.
What is a footnote
What is the author's purpose for providing an emergency plan in this story
What is to show you the things you should plan, in advance, in case of an emergency
This is the main goal of the CDC
What is to stop the spread of the disease and help everyone by informing them of what they need to do to be safe
When the definition of a word is not given, you use this strategy to determine the meaning of the word.
What is context clues