NF Text Features
The description below a picture in a text.
What is a caption?
The way an author writes a text that helps the reader understand the topic and keeps them engaged.
What is Text Structure?
The number of times we read an article for a close read.
What is three?
_____ search terms should be used when searching online.
What is simple?
The names of the two opposing tribes.
What are the Dinka and the Nuer?
How an author makes important words stand out in a text.
What are bold/italics/color print?
Attempts to explain why something happened and how some events lead to other events.
What is Cause & Effect?
The term for "marking up" the text".
What is annotating?
.org, .gov, .edu
What is a domain?
The theme for the story "A Long Walk to Water".
What is perseverance?
Words under the heading that tell about the topic.
What is a subheading?
Explains a certain topic through a story or event.
What is an anecdote?
The three types of connections we can make to a text.
What are real world, text to self & text to text connections?
Copying somebody's work, and using it word for word as your own.
What is plagiarizing?
The length of the Nile River.
What is 4,132 miles?
An important text feature that would be found in a article talking about where the Nile River Runs.
What is a map?
Choose what text feature best fits this excerpt:
Before you can tell scary stories, though, you will need to build your fire. Begin by gathering fire wood from around your camp. In addition to wood, you will need other tinder like pine needles, bark, or dead plants to help ignite the fire.
What is Sequence & Order
The most important reason for close reading an article.
What is better understanding of the text?
Rewriting work in your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
Mrs. Sargent's favorite candy.
What is chocolate and caramel?
An important text feature that would be found in an article about the different layers in the Earth.
What is a diagram?
Choose the text structure that best fits this excerpt:
Before you head out the door for a camping trip, gather the appropriate supplies. If you are prepared for accidents, your camping trip will go off without a hitch. However, if you don’t have the right gear, your camping trip may end more quickly than you hoped.
What is Cause & Effect OR What is Problem & Solution?
What you do on the THIRD read of a close read.
What is summarizing each paragraph?
Giving credit to a source.
What is citing your source?
Mrs. Sargent's Birthday
What is April 11th?