Text Features
What is a heading?
What is a title that tells what a section is about?
What is the author's purpose in informational text?
What is to inform or teach?
What is central idea?
What is the main point of the text?
What is text structure?
What is how the text is organized?
What is a synonym?
What is a word that has a similar meaning?
What is a graphic feature?
What is a visual like a chart, picture, or diagram?
What does it mean if an author is trying to explain something?
What is the purpose is to inform?
What supports the central idea?
What is key details?
What structure compares two things?
What is compare and contrast?
What are shades of meaning?
What is small differences between similar words?
Why do authors include bold words?
What is to highlight important ideas or vocabulary?
What is perspective?
What is how then author feels or thinks about the topic?
Where is the central idea usually found?
What is at the beginning or end?
What structure shows steps?
What is sequence?
What is demand?
What is the purpose of a caption?
What is to explain a picture or graphic?
Why might two texts on the same topic be different?
What is because they have different perspectives or purposes?
How do you find the central idea?
What is look at repeated ideas and important details?
What structure shows the result of something?
What is cause and effect?
Why do authors choose specific words?
What is to create stronger meaning?
How do text features help readers?
What is they help readers understand and find information quickly?
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
What is fact is true and proven, opinion is belief or feeling.
Why is the central idea important?
What is it tells what the whole text is about?
Why is the text structure so important?
What is it helps you understand the text better?
What does it mean to summarize?
What is to retell the central idea in your own words?