Book Detectives
Text Feature Fun
What's the Big Idea?
100

What do we call the name of a book?

What is Title?

100

Which part of a book tells us what is inside and on what page?

What is Table of Contents?

100

After reading a book about pandas, what might the author want us to know?

What is Pandas eat plants?

200

Who writes the words in a book?

What is Author?

200

What do we call letters that are darker and stand out?

What are Bold words?

200

After reading a book about hippos, what might the author want us to know?

What is Hippos live in the water?

300

Who draws the pictures in a book?

What is Illustrator?

300

What do slanted letters mean?

What are Italics?

300

If a book says both pandas and hippos eat plants, is that a similarity or difference?

What is Similarity?

400

Where on the book can you usually find the title?

What is The cover?

400

What do headings at the top of a page tell us?

What is that section is about?

400

How can pictures in the book help us understand the author’s big idea?

What is They show us what the author is writing about?

500

True or False: The illustrator writes the words.

What is False?

500

True or False: Bold words and headings help us find important information.

What is True?

500

What question can we ask ourselves to find the main point?

What does the author want us to know?