Text Structures
What type of text structure organizes information by listing steps in a process?
Answer: Sequential or Chronological
What visual text feature gives information about where things are located and is often found in the back of a book?
map
What visual text feature consists of words that appear thicker than the rest?
bold print
What part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea?
noun
What is the theme of a story?
overall message, lesson
What type of text structure tells what happened and why?
(Answer: Cause and effect)
What visual text feature provides information about the book’s content and is found on the outside cover of the book?
title
What feature is found above a paragraph introducing a new topic? Hint: Top
Heading
What part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or other adverb?
adverb
What is the setting?
Where and when the story takes place
What type of text structure presents a problem and offers solutions?
Problem and Solution
What visual text feature is found at the back of the book and tells what page topics can be found on?
Index
What feature consists of a simple image that shows parts of an object or shows how it works?
diagram
What part of speech replaces a noun and is used to avoid repetition? Hint: he, she, I, you, them
pronoun
What is the plot of a story?
Major events, what the story is about, (beg, mid, end)
What type of text structure presents information by describing how things are similar and different?
Compare and Contrast
What visual text feature helps readers find information quickly and is found at the beginning of a book?
table of contents
What is found at the back of a book and tells what certain words mean?
glossary
What part of speech shows action or state of being?
verb
What story structure tells events in a random order?
non-linear
What type of text structure organizes information by describing parts of a whole?
Descriptive
What visual text feature is found below a photograph to provide more information?
What feature consists of slanted words?
italics
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
Adjective
What story element is the turning point or most exciting part of the story?
climax