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Boston Harbor Article
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Review
100
What is the text feature author's use to signify an important word or phrase?
Bold Print
100
What is one text feature used in this article?
bullets, italics, map, diagram
100
Which text feature functions as a text's "dictionary"?
glossary
100
What does the letter 'P' in PRIDE stand for?
Positive words, positive actions
100
What is another word for sensory language?
imagery
200
What is the text feature author's use to signify an important word or phrase?
caption
200
What year was this article written in?
1991
200
Which text feature would we need if we wanted to see details in something small?
Magnification
200
Which state is Miss Greene from?
New Jersey
200
What is it called when an author give hints about what is to come in their story?
foreshadowing
300
What is the text feature an author would use to show a visual representation of data?
graph
300
Where in the article can we find the cost of the harbor cleanup?
first bullet, next to the map
300
Which text feature would we use to show a comparison?
chart/table
300
What Sony game system offered more computer power "than NASA used to put a man on the moon"?
Playstation
300
What was the author's purpose in the article we read about mummies?
to inform
400
What is the text feature an author would use to give an explanation of what the text is about, and why it was written?
preface
400
What is the name of at least one of the people pictured in this article?
Shelli Costa, Ken Macara
400
Which text feature would we use to show a process?
flow diagram
400
Name two of the MLB teams that are still in the playoffs?
Phillies, Yankees, Cardinals, Tigers, Brewers, Diamondbacks
400
What do we call a comparison between two things using like or as?
simile
500
What is the text feature an author would use to show the inside of an object?
cross-section
500
What is the name of the text feature that helps us to visualize the new undersea sewer line, and where can we find it in the article?
a diagram, bottom of page two
500
Which text feature offers a reader additional information about a subject?
appendix
500
Name all four of Mrs. Bere's children...in order.
Tyler, Katie, Kylie, Cara
500
Which type of author's purpose might include a point/counterpoint argument?
persuade