This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Text Features – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Text Features Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. If you organize an event, you A) Plan it. B) Go to it. C) Practice it. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plan it. 2. What are examples of Text FEATURES? A) Context clues and reading the questions first. B) Pictures, headings, timelines, & maps that help us understand more about the reading. C) The overall way the text is organized. D) Cause/Effect, Chronological, & Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pictures, headings, timelines, & maps that help us understand more about the reading. 3. What does the index have? A) Topics and pages. B) Images and maps. C) Words and defintions. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Topics and pages. 4. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!This can be found at the end of a non-fiction book, and shows you a list of important words from the story in ABC order, and what pages you can find them on. A) Glossary. B) Table of contents. C) Index. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Index. 5. These are words, phrases, or sentences that help the reader understand a picture, photograph or illustration. A) CAPTIONS. B) DIAGRAM. C) TABLE OF CONTENTS. D) CHART AND TABLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CAPTIONS. 6. Why is a map important in nonfiction texts? A) They pinpoint an object in a picture. B) They tell us about frogs. C) They show locations for topics being discussed. D) They tell you information about a picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They show locations for topics being discussed. 7. Which of the following words should be in a different type of print to signal to the reader they are important?"Bats use echo location to navigate the night skies and locate food." A) Food. B) Night. C) Use. D) Echo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Echo. 8. What is the function of a subheading in a text? A) To conclude the text. B) To provide additional details. C) To introduce the main topic. D) To list references. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To provide additional details. 9. Which of the following text features helps readers understand the main idea of a section by providing a brief summary at the beginning? A) Glossary. B) Index. C) Caption. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heading. 10. Bold words are ..... words. A) Bold. B) Black. C) Important. D) Dark. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Important. 11. This is a hand drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text. A) Map. B) Illustration. C) Photograph. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Illustration. 12. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!The words on the front of a book, that tell you what you will be reading about. A) Title. B) Diagram. C) Photograph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Title. 13. How does an index help you? A) It tells you how many words the book has. B) It tells you where to go in the text to find specific information on the topic. C) It tells you who wrote the book and took the photographs. D) It tells you the names of the chapters. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It tells you where to go in the text to find specific information on the topic. 14. Shows you new or important words in darkened print A) Italics. B) Label. C) Glossary. D) Bold. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bold. 15. In which part of a book would you find the meaning of a word? A) Glossary. B) Index. C) Appendix. D) Table of Contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossary. 16. Which text feature is used to highlight key terms in a textbook? A) Underlining. B) Italics. C) Quotation Marks. D) Bold Print. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bold Print. 17. All the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text are called ..... A) Text features. B) Labeled diagrams. C) Detailed graphs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text features. 18. Organizes information to make it easier to read A) Bold. B) Caption. C) Glossary. D) Tables and charts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tables and charts. 19. How does a glossary help a reader? A) By listing sources. B) By providing a list of chapters. C) By offering definitions of terms used in the text. D) By summarizing the main points. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By offering definitions of terms used in the text. 20. Where would you find a heading? A) Close to a picture. B) At the top of a section. C) On the table of contents. D) In the index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the top of a section. 21. Located in the back of the book; tells what the words mean. A) Glossary. B) Table of contents. C) Index. D) Title page. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossary. 22. In what genre of books are text features most often found? A) Mystery. B) Poetry. C) Fantasy. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nonfiction. 23. Which text feature is a short phrase, sentence, or question that highlights a key point within a section? A) Caption. B) Bold text. C) Map. D) Subheading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subheading. 24. Tells the reader what the section of the reading is about. A) Glossary. B) Index. C) Caption. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heading. 25. Which feature explains a photograph or an illustration? A) Subheading. B) Title. C) Caption. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caption. 26. How does a heading differ from a subheading in a text? A) A heading is more detailed than a subheading. B) A heading is used for main sections, while a subheading is for subsections. C) A heading is less important than a subheading. D) A heading is used only in the introduction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A heading is used for main sections, while a subheading is for subsections. 27. A text box that provides additional or more in-depth information A) Caption. B) Illustration. C) Side Bar. D) Table of Contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Side Bar. 28. What is a list of all of the resources that the author(s) used to research the content of the book? It is also called a works cited page or bibliography. A) References. B) Glossary. C) In-text. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) References. 29. If you participate in an event, you A) Join. B) Watch. C) Listen. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Join. 30. Present information in a visual way, allow readers to have a visual of the topic A) Timelines. B) Captions. C) Photographs/illustration. D) Titles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Photographs/illustration. 31. The text structure of ..... discusses similarities & differences between two or more subjects. A) Sequence. B) Compare & contrast. C) Description. D) Cause and effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare & contrast. 32. What is the author's purpose for writing nonfiction? A) Persuade. B) Entertain. C) Inform. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Inform. 33. Shows information in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers A) Diagram. B) Map. C) Graph. D) Illustration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Graph. 34. Which text feature helps readers understand the main idea of a section by providing a brief summary at the beginning? A) Caption. B) Glossary. C) Index. D) Subheading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Subheading. 35. What is the function of a diagram in a text? A) To provide a visual representation of information. B) To list the chapters and their page numbers. C) To summarize the text. D) To define key terms. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To provide a visual representation of information. 36. Identify the text structure:Sacagawea was born circa 1788 and was the daughter of a Shoshone chief. At the age of 12, she was captured and sold to a French Canadian trapper. She joined Lewis and Clark expedition in November 1804. She died at Fort Manuel circa 1812. A) Sequence. B) Cause and effect. C) Chronological. D) Compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chronological. 37. What are the words that are more darkened called? A) Compares. B) Bold Print. C) Italics. D) Apples. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bold Print. 38. This is separate from the text and gives the reader extra information. A) Caption. B) Italic. C) Map. D) Sidebar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sidebar. 39. For a book on world geography, which text feature would best help a reader understand the location of a country? A) Index. B) Table of Contents. C) Glossary. D) Map. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Map. 40. This text feature has labels that tell you about parts of picture. This is called a ..... A) Diagram. B) Paragraph. C) Definition. D) Model. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diagram. 41. Identify the text structure:I joined a karate school because I was inspired by the movie called the Last Dragon A) Chronological. B) Cause and effect. C) Description. D) Problem and solution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cause and effect. 42. A list of important topics in alphabetical order and the pages where you can find them (in the back) A) Glossary. B) Headings and subheadings. C) Index. D) Captions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Index. 43. Text Features Non Fiction A) Text features help readers locate information quickly. B) Text features are only found in fictional texts. C) Text features are used to confuse readers. D) Text features are not important in understanding a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text features help readers locate information quickly. 44. Tells you the name of chapters in a book and on what page to find them. A) Table of Contents. B) Venn Diagram. C) Bar Graph. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table of Contents. 45. Where is the glossary usually located? A) On the cover of a book. B) In the middle of a book. C) Towards the front of a book. D) Towards the end of a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Towards the end of a book. 46. Identifies the topic of the text and tells what its about A) Index. B) Picture. C) Glossary. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Title. 47. The text structure of ..... is text that tells what happened and WHY it happened. A) Cause & effect. B) Problem & solution. C) Description. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause & effect. 48. A [blank] provides information about an illustration or photograph. A) Caption. B) Index. C) Table of contents. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Caption. 49. Where will you find your first clue about the major topic or main idea of a specific chapter or section in a text? A) The table of contents. B) The caption. C) The glossary. D) The title. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The title. 50. A drawing used as a decoration or to make something (such as magazine article) easier to understand A) Sidebar. B) Contribute. C) Illustration. D) Header. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Illustration. 51. Shows main events in chronological order or time order A) Glossary. B) Timeline. C) Label. D) Index. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timeline. 52. Visually organizes facts and numbers. A) Glossary. B) Diagram. C) Chart. D) Text box. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chart. 53. What order are the topics in throughout the index? A) Page Order. B) Alphabetical Order. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alphabetical Order. 54. Noun:a word, phrase, etc., that is placed at the beginning of a document, passage, or at the top of a page A) Header. B) Caption. C) Sidebar. D) Graphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Header. 55. What text feature shows you exactly what something looks like? A) Glossary. B) Text. C) Caption. D) Photograph. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Photograph. 56. Which text feature divides the text into sections? A) Subheading. B) Caption. C) Title. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subheading. 57. Help the reader understand information that may or may not be in the text, describes an illustration A) Heading. B) Subtitle. C) Caption. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Caption. 58. Which of the following text features helps you find where to read something? A) Table Of Contents. B) Photograph. C) Label. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Table Of Contents. 59. What do you believe are the purpose of text features? A) To help us see into the future. B) To help us understand the text as readers and explore other books. C) To help us with our organization skills. D) To help us be better artists. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To help us understand the text as readers and explore other books. 60. Which of the following text features tells you what a section is about? 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