This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Text Features – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Text Features Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Where would you find a caption? A) At the top of a section. B) Close to a picture. C) On the table of contents. D) In the glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Close to a picture. 2. If you want to know what a section of a book is about before reading it, which text feature should you look at? A) The heading. B) The index. C) The glossary. D) The bibliography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The heading. 3. Text that is darker or a different color; used to show important word or words in the glossary. A) Italics. B) Bulleted list. C) Bold print. D) Text box. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bold print. 4. When trying to understand the meaning of a scientific word, which text feature would be most helpful? A) Illustration. B) Glossary-at the back of the book. C) Timeline. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glossary-at the back of the book. 5. A list of the contents of a book and the page numbers where they can be found. (in the front) A) Charts and graphs. B) Font styles. C) Table of contents. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Table of contents. 6. Shows what something looks like. Drawn by an illustrator. A) Photograph. B) Maps. C) Caption. D) Illustration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustration. 7. The text features are just as important as the paragraphs when trying to understand nonfiction books. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. A city planner wants to identify a trend in new home construction in the closest suburbs. He wants to track building over ten years. What text feature will he use to show his results? A) Font styles. B) Index. C) Charts and graphs. D) Captions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Charts and graphs. 9. Noun:a picture, drawing, or graph used as a decoration or to make something (such as magazine article) easier tounderstand A) Graphic. B) Sidebar. C) Header. D) Contribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graphic. 10. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!The words in a text that are darker and easier to see, so you know that those words are important. A) Caption. B) Bold print. C) Text box. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bold print. 11. Alphabetical list of terms and their definitions in the back A) Glossary. B) Diagram. C) Index. D) Captions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossary. 12. Text that is slanted used to show important words or words in the glossary. A) Text bos. B) Bold print. C) Italics. D) Bulleted list. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Italics. 13. What is a cutaway? A) Helps the reader identify a photograph or a picture and its parts. B) Helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. C) Gives the reader a general idea of what the text will be about. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. 14. Which text feature sends the reader signals about how to read the content? A) Bold, italic, or colored text. B) Diagram. C) Subheadings. D) Map. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bold, italic, or colored text. 15. Which shows us which words are important to that topic? A) Bold Words. B) Index. C) Picture. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bold Words. 16. If you were writing about the candy eaten the most for Halloween, what text feature would be easiest for the reader to use? A) Graph. B) Photo. C) Subheading. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Graph. 17. A list of key terms in alphabetical order; each key word is defined. A) Index. B) Textbox. C) Table of contents. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Glossary. 18. What helps the reader define words that are in the book? A) Captions. B) Table of Contents. C) Glossary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 19. Brenda has purchased a book about the Titanic. She wants to see if there is a section about the building of the ship. Where should she look? A) Headings and subheadings. B) Table of contents. C) Glossary. D) Diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table of contents. 20. Which description best matches Glossary? A) An illustration drawn by the author. B) Found at the front of the book; includes chapter titles and their beginning page #s. C) Includes important words from the text and their meanings. D) A picture representation, including a key that shows where something is located in the world. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Includes important words from the text and their meanings. 21. Which text feature helps readers understand the meaning of a word? A) Table of contents. B) Caption. C) Glossary. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 22. True or False:Charts, graphs, and tables are used to organize data to make it more difficult to read. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 23. What is a Description text structure? A) Point out the likeness and/or differences among facts, people, or events. B) Order of time. C) How facts or events happen or come into being because of other facts or events. D) Provides characteristics of a person, place, thing or idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provides characteristics of a person, place, thing or idea. 24. What is the role of a sidebar in a text? A) To introduce new characters. B) To summarize the main text. C) To conclude the text. D) To provide additional information related to the main text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To provide additional information related to the main text. 25. What is a Chronological text structure? A) Point out the likeness and/or differences among facts, people, or events. B) Order of time. C) Provides characteristics of a person, place, thing or idea. D) Steps or the order they occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Order of time. 26. The purpose of graphics (such as graphs, tables, pictures, or maps) is to: A) Show information that occurs in a certain order. B) Help the reader visualize important information. C) Separate text into sections based on main ideas. D) Describe what is found in a photo or illustration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Help the reader visualize important information. 27. A drawing that shows parts of something. A) Illustration. B) Graph. C) Map. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diagram. 28. Bold, colored, and italicized print all help to signal that a word is important and/or found in the glossary A) Special Print. B) Side Bar. C) Table/Graph. D) Photograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Special Print. 29. This feature will list the important words in alphabetical order and give you the page number to find the word. A) Table of contents. B) Glossary. C) Index. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Index. 30. Help the reader to locate information in the text, printed in large or bold print to make them stand out. A) Captions. B) Headings/subheadings. C) Index. D) Titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Headings/subheadings. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesText Features Quiz 1Text Features Quiz 2Text Features Quiz 3Text Features Quiz 4Text Features Quiz 6Text Features Quiz 7Text Features Quiz 8Text Features Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books