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External Text Structures
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English
8th Grade
07/16/2012

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On page xiii of the table of contents, what type of text feature is used to make "For Your Reading List" stand out from other text on the page?
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Type set:  color
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What is the purpose of external text structues?
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To help readers find information quickly and easily
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Purpose:  Adds emphasis; used in book titles.
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Underlining
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lPurpose:  Shows the start of a paragraph
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Indentation
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lPurpose:  To provide more information.
lContains additional or contrasting information related to the main text.
lThe info. in a sidebar is not critical to understanding the main text.
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Sidebars
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Look at page 130.  The box entitled "What Great Writers Do" is an example of what external text structure?
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sidebar
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lWords below the graphics that tell you  what they show and how they relate to the text.
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Captions
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lPurpose:  Show what information
 
is in the paragraph below;  often
 placed in BOLD
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Headings and Subheadings
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On page 179, Vocabulary and Spelling is an example of what type of external text structure?
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Headings
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On page 179, Denotation and Connotation is an example of what kind of text structure?
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Subheading
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lAppear at the bottom of the page
lName a source or reference the author used for citing a fact in the text
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Footnotes
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Using annotation number 6 on page 183, what information can the reader learn?
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Nisei is someone born and raised in the United States whose parents emigrated from Japan
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Look at the chart on page 408.  Read the During Reading "Analyze Literature" box and answer the question.
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It shows the typical kind of animal that lived during this period.
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Look at page 408.  Find the During Reading: Use Reading Skills box and answer the question.
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The name links it to very early life.
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Look at page 456.  What is the color of the line that represents areas of the underground that were under construction?
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orange
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Using the red text structures on page 463, the reader can infer that the thesis of the example essay is?
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Yet, each year when spring rushes in, I am startled at seeing my backyard for the first time.
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