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 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A researcher is looking through an old textbook and encounters the word oligarchy in italics. He doesn't know the meaning of the word. Where in the book might he find the definition? A) Headings and subheadings. B) Table of contents. C) Glossary. D) Diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 2. This alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean A) Index. B) Table of Contents. C) Glossary. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 3. Visually shows the passage of time in a line. A) Map. B) Time line. C) Chart. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time line. 4. Mrs. Bauer doesn't understand what's happening in a picture in her book. What can she do? A) Look in the table of contents. B) Stare at it for three minutes. C) Look for a graph. D) Read the caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Read the caption. 5. Which text feature is used to show the sequence of events? A) Index. B) Caption. C) Glossary. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timeline. 6. Choose the signal words that indicate chronological order. A) First, next, finally, 8:30, after. B) Cause, effect, as a result of, because. C) Problem, solution, promise, struggle. D) Compare, contrast, similar, different. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First, next, finally, 8:30, after. 7. What is the function of a sidebar in a text? A) To list references. B) To introduce new vocabulary. C) To summarize the entire 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. 8. Divides the text into sections and tells what those sections will be about. A) Maps. B) Headings. C) Table of contents. D) Captions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Headings. 9. Which text feature helps you find the meaning of a word in a text? A) Index. B) Table of Contents. C) Glossary. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 10. Read the following paragraph. Which text structure is used?Park School had a terrible problem. Every day at recess, students would argue over the slides. Teachers had to spend time every day taking care of the arguments. Finally, one teacher came up with a great solution. They bought another set of slides that everyone could enjoy. A) Problem and solution. B) Cause and effect. C) Compare and contrast. D) Description. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem and solution. 11. Apple pie is sweet and delicious. It has a light brown flaky crust with apples and brown sugar cooked inside. A) Description. B) Cause and Effect. C) Sequence. D) Problem and Solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 12. The ..... is at the beginning of a section in a nonfiction book. It tells us what the section is about. A) Subheading. B) Introduction. C) Vocabulary. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heading. 13. What is the function of a timeline? A) To help readers visualize what happened. B) To help readers understand the time it took for something to happen. C) To give you the main idea. D) It has no function. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help readers understand the time it took for something to happen. 14. In a non-fiction book, where would you most likely find a list of specialized terms and their definitions? A) Preface. B) Glossary. C) Table of Contents. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glossary. 15. What is the role of captions in a text? A) To provide a summary of the text. B) To explain images or illustrations. C) To list chapters and their page numbers. D) To define key terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To explain images or illustrations. 16. What are captions? A) An alphabetical list of almost everything in the text, with page numbers. B) Helps the reader identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented. C) Words written close to a picture or photograph to help the reader understand the picture or photograph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Words written close to a picture or photograph to help the reader understand the picture or photograph. 17. What text feature will tell you the definition of important words? A) Front cover. B) Glossary. C) Index. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Glossary. 18. "I completely forgot to do my homework, so I got a zero for today." A) Sequence. B) Problem and Solution. C) Compare and Contrast. D) Cause and Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cause and Effect. 19. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!This shows the parts of something, and has labels. A) Diagram. B) Caption. C) Glossary. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diagram. 20. What is the purpose of a photograph? A) Emphasize an important word. B) Tell the reader what the photograph is of. C) Tell the reader the central idea of the section. D) Show the reader something visually from the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show the reader something visually from the text. 21. Identify the Text Structure:The Magic Kingdom is the first built of four theme parks at Walt Disney World. It opened on October 1971, and the park features rides and shows related to major Disney characters and fairy tales. Symbols of The Magic Kingdom include Cinderella's Castle, Main Street USA, and rides like the famous Space Mountain coaster. A) Description. B) Cause & Effect. C) Compare & Contrast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Description. 22. What words are usually in a different type of print in the article? A) Vocabulary. B) Definitions. C) Context Clues. D) Main Ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vocabulary. 23. What is a Sequence 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) Steps or the order they occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Steps or the order they occur. 24. While reading a science textbook a student finds the term allotrope. He doesn't know what it means. Where should he look? A) Headings and subheadings. B) Table of contents. C) Glossary. D) Diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 25. A drawing of a place to help you see it in your head. A) Map. B) Photo. C) Diagram. D) Pie Chart. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Map. 26. Which text feature often includes bold or italicized words to highlight important terms? A) Sidebar. B) Index. C) Glossary. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 27. A note of text placed at the bottom of a page in a document that provides additional information A) Bibliography. B) Footnote. C) Appendix. D) Copyright Page. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Footnote. 28. This divides the text into sections and tells what those sections will be about. A) Titles/Headings/Sub-Headings. B) Illustration. C) Caption. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Titles/Headings/Sub-Headings. 29. What is an index? A) It gives page numbers. B) I don't know. C) It gives definitions of words. D) Shows pictures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It gives page numbers. 30. Where would you find the main idea of a text? A) In the glossary. B) In the appendix. C) In the index. D) In the introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In the introduction. 31. A timeline shows important events in the order they happened. A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 32. Contains content specific definitions and helps to increase vocabulary or summarizing key terms and concepts A) Subheading. B) Map or timeline. C) Glossary. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 33. What text feature helps readers locate specific information quickly by listing topics and page numbers? A) Heading. B) Table of Contents. C) Glossary. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Index. 34. Which is NOT a type of graph? A) Pie chart. B) Line graph. C) Photograph. D) Bar graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photograph. 35. Which text feature is a list at the beginning of the book that tells you the chapters and page numbers? A) Index. B) Subtitles. C) Table of Contents. D) Maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Table of Contents. 36. The ..... divides an article into sections and explains what each section is about. A) Heading. B) Subheading. C) Caption. D) Table of Contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Subheading. 37. Gives the heading and the beginning page of each section of the book. A) Table of Contents. B) Caption. C) Index. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table of Contents. 38. Paragraph which shows the introduction of participants and setting is ..... A) Orientation. B) Resolution. C) Complication. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orientation. 39. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!A picture that is a drawing or cartoon, and is not real-life. A) Illustration. B) Photograph. C) Heading. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Illustration. 40. Short descriptions under photos and illustrations A) Font styles. B) Glossary. C) Headings and subheadings. D) Captions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Captions. 41. Which keywords would most likely be used in a text using compare and contrast text structure? A) Before, in the beginning, next, last, after. B) Similar, differences, both, alike. C) Since, because, if, as a result of. D) For example, characteristics, for instance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similar, differences, both, alike. 42. Sandra has a book about the history of the British Royal families. She wants to find all the references to Queen Victoria in the book. Where should she look? A) Font styles. B) Index. C) Charts and graphs. D) Captions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Index. 43. What is a bold word? A) A main idea. B) A title. C) An author. D) An important vocabulary word. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An important vocabulary word. 44. This is when an author wants to explain to a reader how one event or thing leads to another. A) Problem and Solution. B) Cause and Effect. C) Description. D) Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and Effect. 45. An alphabetical listing of important words, terms, or ideas and which page you can find them on. It is found at the end of a text. A) Side Bar. B) Index. C) Glossary. D) Table of Contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Index. 46. What is a link that takes you to another website or document? It is typed into the address bar at the top of a web page. A) Diagram. B) Glossary. C) Heading. D) Hyperlink. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hyperlink. 47. Where do you find the author's name? A) In the middle of the book. B) On the front cover. C) In a paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On the front cover. 48. This text shows how one event or action creates a result or a following situation ..... something else to happen A) Sequence. B) Chronological. C) Problem/Solution. D) Cause and Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cause and Effect. 49. What helps the reader know exactly what something looks like? A) Table of Contents. B) Cutaway. C) Photographs/Illustrations. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographs/Illustrations. 50. Nonfiction books never contain text features. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. The word or words that tell you what a picture is about. A) Sidebar. B) Text. C) Caption. D) Boldface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caption. 52. Which of the following text features tells you what a word means? A) Glossary. B) Bold Print. C) Diagram. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossary. 53. Which text feature helps me find the main idea of a paragraph? A) Index. B) Table of contents. C) Headings. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Headings. 54. Gives a big picture of the topic when you review it A) ChartChart. B) Title. C) Index. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Title. 55. What is the difference between chronological and sequence? A) Chronological compares and contrast two things. Sequence tells a description. B) Chronological shows order of steps. Sequence shows order of time. C) Chronological shows chunks of time. Sequence shows order of steps. D) Chronological shows cause and effect. Sequence tells a problem finds a solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chronological shows chunks of time. Sequence shows order of steps. 56. What is the purpose of previewing text features before you read? A) To better understand the text. B) To be entertained. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To better understand the text. 57. ..... help the readers make sense of what they are reading. A) Text features. B) Vocabulary. C) Text citations. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text features. 58. What order are the topics in the table of contents? A) Page Number Order. B) Alphabetical Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Page Number Order. 59. Ms. Kersey doesn't quite understand what is happening in a picture in her book. How can she find an explanation? A) Reading the caption. B) Going to the table of contents. C) Looking for a graph. D) Staring at it until her eyes cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading the caption. 60. Which text feature would you use to quickly find a specific topic in a book? A) Glossary. B) Table of Contents. C) Heading. D) Index. 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