This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Text Features – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Text Features Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The word altitude means? A) How much the land tilts up or down. B) To be mean to someone. C) How high a place is. D) The speed of an avalanche. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) How high a place is. 2. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!This tells you what each section of a text is about.*Remember ..... the title tells you what the whole story is about!* A) Heading. B) Diagram. C) Photograph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Heading. 3. What is the function of a subheading? A) It represents and shows data about a topic mentioned in the text. B) It indicates the topic and/or main idea of the entire text. C) It is a box of information set apart from the main text that elaborates about a detail mentioned in the text. D) It helps the reader identify the main idea for a section of text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It helps the reader identify the main idea for a section of text. 4. Choose the signal words that indicate cause and effect. A) Next, after, then, first, last. B) Struggle, promise, problem, solution. C) Consequently, as a result of, so, therefore. D) Similar, common, compare, contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consequently, as a result of, so, therefore. 5. This feature list topics and gives you the page number to navigate to the information. Found in the front of the book. A) Index. B) Table of contents. C) Glossary. D) Diagram. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table of contents. 6. Tells the names and parts of a diagram, photo, or illustration A) Caption. B) Index. C) Side Bar. D) Label. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Label. 7. Slanted text that identifies new or important words A) Illustration. B) Italic Print. C) Bold Print. D) Graph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Italic Print. 8. Which text feature is typically used to highlight important information or key points in a text? A) Italics. B) Underlining. C) Bold print. D) Quotation marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bold print. 9. I am looking at a science textbook and my teacher tells me to find the chapter about space. What text feature would I use to quickly find the chapter page number? A) Map. B) Table of Contents-at the front of the book. C) Index-at the back of the book. D) Glossary-at the back of the book. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Table of Contents-at the front of the book. 10. A Side Bar or Fact Box gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Text near a picture that tells more about the picture or graphic A) Illustration. B) Caption. C) References. D) Graphic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Caption. 12. Where would you go to find the names of all chapters in a book, and the pages on which each starts? A) The table of contents. B) The glossary. C) The captions. D) The title. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The table of contents. 13. Nonfiction Text Features A) To provide a summary of the text. B) To give additional information about the topic. C) To confuse the reader. D) To make the text look more appealing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give additional information about the topic. 14. It represents and shows data related to, or elaborate on something in the main body of text. A) CAPTIONS AND LABELS. B) DIAGRAM. C) TABLE OF CONTENTS. D) CHART AND TABLE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) CHART AND TABLE. 15. This text shows order of steps or process A) Sequence. B) Description. C) Chronological. D) Compare and Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sequence. 16. Draws attention to words using slanted lines A) Italics. B) Caption. C) Bold. D) Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italics. 17. How can text features help us? A) It can help us write an expository essay. B) It gives us the title of a selection. C) It shows the reader pictures related to the topic. D) It can help us better comprehend what is in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It can help us better comprehend what is in the text. 18. A ..... is an illustration with labels. A) Caption. B) Diagram. C) Graph. D) Picture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diagram. 19. Where are photographs located? A) Front of the book. B) Back of the book. C) Throughout the book. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Throughout the book. 20. What provides a visual to help the reader connect with the information? A) Heading. B) Bold Words. C) Caption. D) Chart and Pictures. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chart and Pictures. 21. How does a table of contents assist a reader? A) By providing definitions of difficult words. B) By listing chapters and their starting pages. C) By summarizing the main ideas of the text. D) By explaining images and diagrams. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By listing chapters and their starting pages. 22. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF A NARRATIVE TEXT A) ENTERTAIN. B) INFORM. C) PERSUADE. D) DESCRIBE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ENTERTAIN. 23. Found in the back of the book; helps us find where a word or topic is located in the book A) Index. B) Glossary. C) Text Box. D) Table Of Contents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Index. 24. NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!This can be found at the end of a non-fiction book, and tells you the meaning (definition) of important words in the book. A) Glossary. B) Table of contents. C) Index. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Glossary. 25. Which of the following is NOT a text feature? A) Timeline. B) Heading. C) Plot. D) Diagram. 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