This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Text Features – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Text Features Quiz 13 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which text feature is used to help readers locate specific information quickly? A) Table of Contents. B) Bibliography. C) Index. D) Appendix. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Index. 2. The social function of narrative text is ..... A) To describe something. B) To discuss an issue. C) To amuse the reader. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To amuse the reader. 3. What is the outside of a book called? A) Caption. B) Table. C) Text. D) Cover. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cover. 4. If you want to find a specific item in your book, like the name of the smallest penguin, which section should you look at to find the page that has that information? A) Captions. B) All the paragraphs. C) Index. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Index. 5. In this type of writing the reader will find words/phrases such as a problem is, solve, or solution. A) Cause & effect. B) Problem & solution. C) Sequence. D) Compare & contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Problem & solution. 6. What do you call pictures made with a camera that show what something looks like in real life? A) Photograph. B) Timeline. C) Illustrations. D) Maps. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Photograph. 7. Which nonfiction text feature is a part of a text that give you extra information about a certain topic? A) Sidebar. B) Quotes and Stats. C) Special Print. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sidebar. 8. Which text feature helps readers understand the sequence of events in a story? A) Index. B) Timeline. C) Glossary. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Timeline. 9. What does a sidebar in a text usually contain? A) The main content of the text. B) Additional information or interesting facts. C) The author's biography. D) A list of references. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Additional information or interesting facts. 10. Where would you find what page a chapter starts on? A) The table of contents. B) The glossary. C) On the cover. D) In the headline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The table of contents. 11. Visual representations of data to help you draw conclusions and see patterns. A) Font styles. B) Headings and subheadings. C) Table of contents. D) Charts and graphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Charts and graphs. 12. Which text feature is used to highlight important terms in a glossary? A) Underlining. B) Italics. C) Bold. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bold. 13. What type of text structure gives you a problem and then a solution for fixing that problem? A) Cause and Effect. B) Problem and Solution. C) Compare and Contrast. D) Sequence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Problem and Solution. 14. Which of the following pages usually tells when a book was published? A) Title page. B) Index. C) Glossary. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Title page. 15. What is the purpose of using text features? A) I don't need text features. B) To better understand the text. C) To confuse readers with unnecessary details. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To better understand the text. 16. Which text feature provides a visual representation of data or information to help readers understand complex concepts? A) Diagram. B) Caption. C) Subheading. D) Glossary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diagram. 17. What is the main purpose of a table of contents? A) To define key terms. B) To list the chapters and sections. C) To provide detailed explanations. D) To summarize the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To list the chapters and sections. 18. The waiter brought out the hors d'oeuvres before our main entree. What type of text feature is shown in this sentence? A) Navigators. B) Types of print. C) Types of visuals. D) Visual images. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Types of print. 19. What is a Cause and Effect 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: C) How facts or events happen or come into being because of other facts or events. 20. What is the purpose of bold and italicized text? A) Emphasizes that a word is important. B) Emphasizes key information. C) Shows the reader something visually from the text. D) Tells the reader the topic of the selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Emphasizes that a word is important. 21. Cutaways A) Shows a geographical representation of an area. B) Tells the reader where to find fomething. C) Gives the definition of a text's vocabulary words. D) Provides a way to see inside something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provides a way to see inside something. 22. What appears at the bottom of a text that gives a little more information, perhaps noted by a little number or asterisk? A) Diagram. B) Title. C) Footnote. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Footnote. 23. Which text feature helps readers understand the meaning of a word as used in the text? A) Glossary. B) Index. C) Table of contents. D) Bibliography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossary. 24. True/False:Text features do NOT help us read nonfiction text. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Explains what a photograph or illustration or photograph is about. A) Heading. B) Electronic menu. C) Photograph. D) Caption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Caption. 26. This feature is usually found at the top of apage and explains what the paragraph is about? A) Table of contents. B) Diagram. C) Index. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heading. 27. If you are looking for a certain section in a nonfiction book, what will tell you what page it's on? A) Picture. B) Glossary. C) Introduction. D) Table of contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Table of contents. 28. A glossary is a lot like a: A) Picture. B) Dictionary. C) Book. D) Heading. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dictionary. 29. The following is NOT an example of Expository Text: A) Biography. B) Poem. C) News article. D) Campaign speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Poem. 30. Which feature would you use to find the meaning of a bolded word in a text? A) Index. B) Glossary. C) Table of contents. D) Sidebar. 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