This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Informational Text Features – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Informational Text Features Quiz 6 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tells about an illustration or photograph A) Diagrams. B) Photographs. C) Captions. D) Maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Captions. 2. What is a "subheading" ? A) A subheading is the main title of a document. B) A subheading is a type of graphic design element. C) A subheading is words that label shorter parts of the text. D) A subheading is a synonym for a paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A subheading is words that label shorter parts of the text. 3. A descriptive heading or caption, as of a chapter, section, or other part of a book? A) Description. B) Title. C) Captions. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Title. 4. A list at the front of a text that tells you the names of the chapter, headings, and subheadings in the text and what page they are on. A) Glossary. B) Diagrams. C) Table of contents. D) Headings. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Table of contents. 5. Which of these would be best shown with a diagram? A) A child smelling a flower. B) A list of different kinds of flowers. C) Where flowers grow. D) The different parts of a flower. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The different parts of a flower. 6. What is the purpose of photographs in non-fiction texts? A) To add aesthetic appeal to the text. B) To provide visual evidence or supporting information. C) To distract readers from the main content. D) To confuse readers with unnecessary information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide visual evidence or supporting information. 7. When I get to my classroom in the morning, the first thing I do is hang up my coat and my backpack. Then I turn in my homework and sharpen my pencil. After that, I am ready for work, so I sit down at my seat and start on the morning assignment on the board.What words make this paragraph Order and Sequence? A) Sharpen, Homework, Pencil. B) Am, For, Is, Get. C) First Thing, Then, After. D) So, My, Do, Is. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First Thing, Then, After. 8. Which of the following text features tells the reader what topic they will be learning about? A) Index. B) Title. C) Glossary. D) Graphics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Title. 9. A list of keywords, topics, names and places and their page #s ..... found at the back of the book A) Table of contents. B) Glossary. C) Subheadings. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Index. 10. Shows a location or directions A) Captions. B) Maps. C) Diagrams. D) Photographs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Maps. 11. ..... are elements of text design, such as boldface type, headings, captions, and fonts. A) Print features. B) Graphic features. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Print features. 12. Found at the end of a book, contains bold words in alphabetical order and definitions. Similar to a dictionary. A) Charts. B) Glossary. C) Index. D) Table of contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glossary. 13. In this type of writing, the reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to. A) Cause and Effect. B) Order and Sequence. C) Problem and Solution. D) Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause and Effect. 14. A map, chart, table or timeline used to illustrate facts or data A) Photograph. B) Subheading. C) Visual aid. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visual aid. 15. What is the role of captions in an informational text? A) To introduce a new section. B) To summarize the entire text. C) To provide additional information about a photograph or illustration. D) To list the authors of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide additional information about a photograph or illustration. 16. Why does the author mention diagrams and timelines in the third paragraph? A) To provide visual explanations that help readers understand the water cycle. B) To entertain the reader with jokes. C) To confuse the reader. D) To describe a character's feelings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide visual explanations that help readers understand the water cycle. 17. Shows real visuals or examples A) Maps. B) Photographs. C) Illustrations. D) Diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Photographs. 18. Why does the author include the phrase "at an alarming rate" in the second paragraph? A) To entertain the reader with jokes. B) To emphasize the seriousness and urgency of rainforest destruction. C) To describe how rainforests are planted. D) To confuse the reader. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To emphasize the seriousness and urgency of rainforest destruction. 19. This text feature helps us read a lot of information in a short amount of time. A) Index. B) Subheading. C) Graph. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graph. 20. This text structure uses hints like "similar to" and "different from." A) Cause and effect. B) Problem and solution. C) Compare and contrast. D) Descriptive. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare and contrast. 21. What text feature is located in the back of a book and defines key words? A) Title. B) Glossary. C) Heading. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glossary. 22. What text feature explains what is in a picture? A) Subheading. B) Definition. C) Caption. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caption. 23. What type of writing considers similarities and differences. A) Description. B) Order and Sequence. C) Compare and Contrast. D) Cause and Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare and Contrast. 24. Shows drawings or examples A) Photographs. B) Illustrations. C) Maps. D) Diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illustrations. 25. The table of contents will ..... ? A) List the chapters. B) Give you the definition of an important word. C) Explain what the photograph is about. D) Tell you where to find important words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) List the chapters. 26. The name of a section of a text that tells readers what is coming in that section. A) Heading. B) Index. C) Glossary. D) Footnote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heading. 27. Provides additional information that is not important to the text, but is supplemental. A) Index. B) Sidebar. C) Bulleted list. D) Table of contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sidebar. 28. These are used to organize lists or summarize main points of a chapter. A) Subtitles. B) Bullet points. C) Timelines. D) Color variations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bullet points. 29. Which of these text features would BEST help a reader understand the process of making a bookshelf? A) A diagram of a classroom. B) A text box describing of the layout of a library. C) Photographs showing the different steps of making a bookshelf. D) A chart listing different kinds of bookshelves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographs showing the different steps of making a bookshelf. 30. Which signal words might you find in a CAUSE/EFFECT text structure? A) Characteristics, it means, looks like, also, to illustrate, including. B) However, on the other hand, similar to, different from. C) One reason for, solve, because, may be due to, a problem. D) Because, this is why, so, consequently, as a result, if then. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because, this is why, so, consequently, as a result, if then. 31. Tells the chapter contents of the book and what page number they are on A) Table of contents. B) Title page. C) Captions. D) Headings. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table of contents. 32. What is the purpose of headings and subheadings in an informational text? A) To provide detailed explanations. B) To organize content and indicate main topics. C) To offer definitions of complex terms. D) To list references and sources. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To organize content and indicate main topics. 33. This type of writing gives information step by step. A) Cause and Effect. B) Problem and Solution. C) Order and Sequence. D) Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Order and Sequence. 34. A small heading under a main heading ..... gives the topic of 1 part of text A) Subheading. B) Index. C) Table of contents. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subheading. 35. Where can you find italicized text in a text? A) In a cookbook. B) In a word processing software or by using HTML tags. C) On a road sign. D) In a math textbook. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In a word processing software or by using HTML tags. 36. What are some strategies or techniques that can be used to improve inference skills? A) Avoiding critical thinking. B) Ignoring key information. C) Analyzing the context, making connections between ideas, identifying key information, drawing conclusions based on evidence, and practicing critical thinking. D) Memorizing facts and information. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyzing the context, making connections between ideas, identifying key information, drawing conclusions based on evidence, and practicing critical thinking. 37. What is the "heading" in a text? A) A summary of the text's content. B) Words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic. C) A list of references used in the text. D) A conclusion drawn from the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Words at the top of the text that give the subject or topic. 38. The text talks about similarities and difference between people, places, things, etc. A) Problem and solution. B) Sequence. C) Description. D) Compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compare and contrast. 39. Which of the following groups of words best goes with chronological order? A) Then, First, Second, Finally. B) After, Because Of, As A Result, Therefore. C) Alike, Different, Similar, Both. D) Issue, Dilemma, Fix, Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Then, First, Second, Finally. 40. What is the purpose of a caption? A) Identifies the topic of the text or tells us what it's about. B) Shows the location in an image form of a place. C) Explains what a photograph or illustration is about. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Explains what a photograph or illustration is about. 41. Give an example of an inference that can be made from a graph or chart in an informational text. A) Predicting future data points based on the graph or chart. B) Calculating the average of the data. C) Identifying the source of the data. D) Determining the trend or pattern of the data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Determining the trend or pattern of the data. 42. What is the difference between an index and a glossary? A) There is no difference. B) A glossary shows what page a word can be found on. The index tells the definition of the word. C) The glossary shows a picture with a caption. D) The glossary shows the meaning of a word and the index shows what page to find a word on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The glossary shows the meaning of a word and the index shows what page to find a word on. 43. A description under a picture is called what? A) Caption. B) Heading. C) Key Word. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caption. 44. Shows data about the topic A) Photographs. B) Audio recordings. C) Charts, graphs, tables. D) Text descriptions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charts, graphs, tables. 45. A flat image of an area that shows where something is located. A) Diagram. B) Index. C) Map. D) Subheading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Map. 46. An image drawn by hand or digitally. A) Map. B) Photograph. C) Diagram. D) Illustration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustration. 47. How can you improve your inference skills? A) Read more fiction books. B) Avoid analyzing evidence. C) Rely solely on intuition. D) Practice critical thinking and analyze evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Practice critical thinking and analyze evidence. 48. What is "text features" ? A) Text features are only images and graphics in a text. B) Text features are elements that enhance the readability including heading and captions. C) Text features are the author's opinions expressed in the text. D) Text features are the main ideas of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text features are elements that enhance the readability including heading and captions. 49. -Shows the page number of specific topics-located in the back of the book A) Index. B) Glossary. C) Font styles. D) Charts and graphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Index. 50. Slanted print used to place emphasis on words A) Visual aid. B) Bold-face type. C) Italics. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italics. 51. IDENTIFY THE TEXT STRUCTURE:Goose bumps make me shiver. But they disappear as soon as I cover up with a jacket or sweater. A) Cause and effect. B) Problem solution. C) Sequence. D) Chronological. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Problem solution. 52. What does an informational text give the reader? A) Opinions. B) Suggestions. C) Jokes. D) Information. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Information. 53. A ..... provides information such as numbers in a logical way. A) Illustration. B) Table. C) Photograph. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table. 54. The name of a small section of text that tells readers what is coming in that section. It is like a "mini-title." A) Caption. B) Timeline. C) Subheading. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subheading. 55. Where would you expect to find the table of contents in a text? A) The beginning. B) The end. C) The middle. D) Wherever the author feels like putting it!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The beginning. 56. How does the use of compare-and-contrast structure contribute to the author's purpose? A) It helps the reader understand the differences between electric and gasoline-powered cars. B) It makes the passage more mysterious. C) It tells a story in order. D) It describes a setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It helps the reader understand the differences between electric and gasoline-powered cars. 57. An informational text is best describes as ..... A) A text that provides the reader with opinions. B) A text that provides the reader with many images. C) A text that provides the reader with true facts. D) A text that provides the reader with an interesting story. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A text that provides the reader with true facts. 58. How does a caption help a reader understand an informational text? A) It explains a photograph or illustration and gives information that may not be in the text. B) It provides the reader with an image to show a visual representation of the text. C) It provides the meaning of a word. D) It summarizes the overall meaning of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It explains a photograph or illustration and gives information that may not be in the text. 59. Which structural element is used in this passage to organize information? A) Dialogue between characters. B) Headings and subheadings. C) Chronological order and cause-and-effect. D) Rhyming couplets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chronological order and cause-and-effect. 60. What is the best definition for text structure? * A) How the author chooses to organize the information in a text. B) Building a structure with text. C) The way words are arranged on a page. D) The main events of the passage. 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