Text Features - Assessment

1.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

Why do we use text features?

Select two answers

To help identify big ideas

So that we don't have to read the whole book.

To provide support to the information the author gives.

To figure out why the author wrote the book.

2.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

How are text features used?

To make the information less boring.

To preview the information provided.

To clarify big ideas

To show it's easier to read the features than the whole book.

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What are text features?

Doodles the author had to put in.

Information to throw the reader off-track.

Parts of a reading passage.

Extra information not important enough to write a whole paragraph about.

4.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is this an example of?

Glossary

Index

Footnotes

Table of Contents

5.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Usually found at the end of a passage or the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.

Illustrations

Captions

Glossary

Chart

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This is an example of _______________.

a table of contents page

an index page

a glossary

a title page

7.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

The black line is pointing to which text feature?

caption

heading

subheading

diagram

8.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

The black line is pointing to which text feature?

caption

heading

subheading

diagram

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is a caption?

words that describe what is happening in a picture

a word that stands out

a picture

what page you can find information on

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This is a ________________.

caption

diagram

map

label

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

True/False: We should ALWAYS look at the text features.

True

False

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the purpose of these subheadings?

To help the reader understand the author’s opinion

To help the reader visualize the information

To help the reader find the main ideas in each section

To help the reader place events in order

13.

Multiple Choice

45 sec

1 pt

Which of these is an example of a timeline?

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Found throughout the passage at the bottom of the text - Help the reader by citing references or giving additional information about a word in the text.

index

footnote

label

glossary

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

This text feature was added to show you

a picture of tall buildings

the height of tall buildings

explain how tall building are built

show the location of the tallest buildings

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The text feature on the far right of the page is called a

caption

diagram

timeline

sidebar

17.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The Battle of Gettysburg is an example of what text feature?

Highlight

Underline

Bold

Italicized

18.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

When taking notes over a topic with several main points or details, this is one of the easiest ways to organize:

Parenthesis

Style

Index

Bullets/Numbers

19.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Using different fonts, styles, size, or color:

Highlights the important information in the text.

Makes the text look more entertaining.

Summarizes the topic.

Calls attention to misprints in the text.

20.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

The lion (Panthera leo) is a species in the family Felidae. Which text feature is utilized?

Sidebar

Chart

Caption

Parenthesis

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