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Which text feature would you use to find the names of all the chapters in a book and the pages where they started?
a heading
the table of contents
captions
the glossary
Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in a text?
the heading
the caption
the glossary
the table of contents
Juan is writing a report on Italian food. He finds a book titled "Foods of the World." He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word "Spain" in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the word "Northern Spain" in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan's book:
had the table of contents only
had a heading and subheading
had only a diagram
Juan knows that Italy will be described on pages 22-30 of his Italian food cookbook. To figure this out, he looked for "Italy" in the:
glossary
index
diagram
cover
Amy doesn't understand what is going on in a picture in her article. What can she do?
look at the table of contents
stare at it for at least three minutes
read the caption
In the science passage that he's reading, Doug sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. Doug is looking at a:
caption
vocabulary word
diagram
table
Nonfiction articles never contain text features.
true
false
A graph or chart:
displays and organizes facts and numbers
explains a photograph
provides an additional description in words
Nonfiction or informational texts:
give true information about a topic
entertain using narrative story elements
tell about an experience using rhythmic language
A glossary is most similar to a/an:
website
journal
encyclopedia
dictionary
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