TRUE OR FALSE?
DEFINITION
WHAT IS ?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
TEXT FEATURES
100
True or False: Text features provide information that may or may not by written in the text.
True
100
This identifies the topic of the text and tells what the text will be about
Title
100
this shows where places and/or events are located
map
100
List 7 text features.
list any of the 7:
bold print, sidebar, graph, glossary, index, photograph, illustration, table of contents, heading, sub-headings, title, etc.
100
What is the purpose of a title?
To tell the reader the topic of the text.
200
True or false: Text features can be found in textbooks, articles, webpages, magazine articles, newspapers, and other forms of non-fiction text.
True
200
This tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found on
Table of Contents
200
this shows what something looks like (taken with a camera)
photograph
200
What is a sidebar?
additional information in a box that relates to the main text
200
What is the purpose of a glossary?
It defines words and helps us figure out what they mean.
300
This divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about.
Heading
300
This tells the definition of some of the words found in the text
Glossary
300
What is the purpose of a diagram/picture/illustration?
It explains information or gives a visual representation of print/written material.
300
Why are text features important?
they help the reader make sense of what they are reading
300
This is an example of what?
The picture above shows the school as it looks in winter.
caption
400
This shows what words are important or what words can be found in the glossary
Bold Print
400
What are Keywords?
Identifies important vocabulary words in text
400
Which non-fiction text feature describes what is happening in a photograph?
Caption
400
How can you identify a heading? Name at least 2 ways.
It tells readers what they are going to read about in each section
2. It usually begins with a capital letter
3. It can be a short phrase, sentence, or question.
400
This is an example of what?
Chapter 1: How it Started, page 2
Chapter 2: Problems Along the Way, page 14
Chapter 3: Surprises from Far Away, page 29
Chapter 4: Who Won?, page 38
table of contents
500
It is a drawing that shows the parts of something, and the parts are labeled.
What is a DIAGRAM/ILLUSTRATION
500
This tells what pages the reader can find certain topics
Index
500
this gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic
fact box/sidebar
500
What is the index? Where is it located?
The alphabetical listing of key names, terms, and events with the page number. Located in the back of a book
500
This is an example of what?
adjective: a word that describes a noun or a pronoun
fragment: a group of words that is written out as a sentence but that lacks a subject or verb
noun: a word that is the name of something (such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action)
sentence: a group of words that expresses a statement, question, command, or wish
verb: a word (such as jump, think, happen, or exist) that is usually one of the main parts of a sentence and that expresses an action
glossary