Text features Flashcards
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This book has a prologue with a story about something good turning into something bad.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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These chapter beginnings have 3 gray dots.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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This book uses italics to indicate thoughts the main character has related to the events of the book.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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This book was inspired by a relative of the author who was doing genealogy (family heritage) research.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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This author has worked as an attorney (lawyer) and a tutor for children.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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This author lives in suburban Washington, D.C. and has received a grant for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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This book is the author’s first children’s book.
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The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Shang
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This book’s final pages are brief descriptions of many of the author’s other books.
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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
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This book’s chapter numbers are in shadow lettering.
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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
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This book has the author’s name on the top of every left page and the book’s title on the top of each right page, with a line of dots beneath.
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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
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The author of this book writes for a newspaper and hosts a radio show.
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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
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The author of this book has been called the greatest writer of a certain type of book for “middle school readers.”
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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
“Greatest sports writer for middle school readers.”
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The author of this book has 4 children.
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Fantasy League by Mike Lupica
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The author of this book has written 38 books in addition to this one.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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This book is dedicated to two of the author’s relatives.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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This book has a picture of a dark gray fist.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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A main character in this book is often pictured wearing a red jacket and hat.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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The picture on the last page of the story in this book features two people in their garden.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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This book includes an illustration of a room with pictures of dogs on the wall.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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This book has no page numbers.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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In the author’s note in this book, the author recognizes citizens who opened their homes to protect other people.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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In the author’s note of this book, the author describes a letter received by the main characters signed with a paw print.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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The publication (copyright) information of this book is printed in the back of the book, not at the front after the title page.
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The Butterfly by Patricia Polacco
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This book contains a foreword from the narrator.
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Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
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This book contains a foreword from the narrator that briefly tells of the dramatic changes in his life that recently occurred.
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
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This book has chapter titles relating to concepts of economics or managing money.
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
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The first page of each chapter in this book has coins and starts pictured.
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
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The main character of this book is never named.
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
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The author of this book has won three Newbery Honor Awards.
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
30
This author lives in Alaska, New Mexico and on a sailboat in the Pacific Ocean.
Lawn Boy by Gary Paulsen
31
This book has a companion book whose title seems a contrast or opposite of the book we read.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
32
Separate topics or entries in this book are indicated by having different dates in capital letters at the start of the page.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
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The first page of this book begins with the main character's name and a room number and teacher.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
34
This book uses words in all capital letters to emphasize their importance
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
Examples: "FAT black cat," "METAPHORS," "ALLITERATION"
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This book uses bold letters to demonstrate the repetition of a letter to start words within a phrase or sentence.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
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This book uses italics to identify words that imitate the sound they are associated with.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
Onomatopoeia
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In this book, the main character's writing is inspired by famous authors.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
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In this book, words are printed on a page to provide a visual image to accompany the word itself.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
Example: pg. 38 "FALLS" is written with on letter on each line as if the word itself is falling. On pg. 48, "down" is written diagonally down the page.
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This book contains a "chapter" called "My Yellow Chair," in which the words are repeated and arranged on the page to look like a chair.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
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This book uses capital letter and lowercase letter pairings to indicate the words paired together are opposites.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
On page 101: HARD-soft repeated 3 times
41
Towards the end of this book, the author includes the actual works of the authors referenced in the book.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
42
This book contains a section at the end entitled "Books on the Class Poetry Shelf."
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
43
The final section of this book is an excerpt of the companion book that was published before this book and whose events are referenced in this book.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
Excerpt from "Love That Dog"
44
The author of this book has won Newbery Medal and Newbery Honor Awards.
Hate that Cat by Sharon Creech
45
This book is the first in a chronicle series.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
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This book is by the author of the popular "Hunger Games" series.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
47
In this book, a poem with 4 verses is very important to the plot.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
48
This book is divided into 3 parts.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Part 1: The Fall
Part 2: The Quest
Part 3: The Rat
49
This book was inspired by the author thinking about "Alice in Wonderland."
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
50
The author of this book had worked on several popular children's television shows before writing books.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
51
The end of this book has a question and answer section with the author.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
52
The author of this book says she/he is similar to the main character in that they both want to do the right thing but have trouble figuring out what the right thing is. And they both have changed lots of diapers.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
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This book offers step-by-step directions on how to create your own version of the book's setting.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Section towards end entitled "Create your own Underland."
54
This book has a section with facts about some of the types of characters depicted in the book.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
Section with facts about bats, spiders, rats and cockroaches, so if you hear a fact about one of these animals, think of this book!
55
In this book there is a section describing a word game to make up a new language by looking up a word in the dictionary and replacing it with the word one up or one down in the list of entries.
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
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This book is the first in a mystery series.
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
57
The chapters in this book are written in Roman numerals.
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
58
The illustration at the beginning of each chapter shows a clock set to the same time.
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
59
The end of this book previews the next book in the series which is called "Shadows of the Silver Screen."
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
60
The author of this book grew up in England and has always loved to spend time in the local library.
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
61
This book does not have a section with information about the author.
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
62
This book is dedicated to three people that the author says knows the setting of the book better than the author ever will.
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
63
This book uses italics for diary entries.
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
64
This book contains letters written to "DeeDee."
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
Lissa calls her diary "DeeDee"
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This book contains diary entries.
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
66
This book contains an apology letter written in italics.
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
Diana apologizes to Lissa and invites Lissa to meet her at the lion bench the next day.
67
This book uses bold letters to begin diary entries.
The Old Willis Place by Mary Hahn
68
This book was a New York Times Bestseller and Newbery Honor book.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
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This book is dedicated only to the author's parents.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
70
This book is a story told with speech bubbles and captions.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
71
The chapter headings in this book are written in cursive with a line extending across the page.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
72
The end of this book contains a section titled "a note from the author" in which the author explains a community of people some consider to have a disability and others just consider a difference in the way life is experienced.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
Cece Bell writes about the deaf community.
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The title of this book is a nickname the author gave herself/himself.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
74
The characters in this book are actual friends of the author.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
75
The author's picture in this book is one from childhood.
El Deafo by Cece Bell
76
This book is dedicated to many of the characters in the book who are real people living in the area the book is set.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
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This book was copyrighted in 1947.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
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This book has been in publication for almost 70 years.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
79
On one of the first pages of this book, the author notes that the events described in the story are real, though possibly told out of order from how they actually happened.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
80
This book is divided in to two parts: the first before a major character arrives, the second after that character's arrival.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Part One: Before Misty
Part Two: Misty of Chincoteague
81
This book contains black and white, hand-drawn maps.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
82
Each chapter of this book begins with a picture of 4 creatures above the chapter title.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
4 horses galloping in the grass.
83
The first letter in the first paragraph of each chapter is much larger that the other letters in this book.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
84
This book contains a picture of two children gathering oysters to sell.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
85
This book contains a picture of two children playing on the beach.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Paul and Maureen are shown in the sand with their grandfather.
86
This book contains a picture of a boy climbing into the back of a truck.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Paul during the storm.
87
This book contains a picture of two children breaking a wishbone.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
This is how Paul and Maureen decided who got to ride Phantom in the race.
88
This book contains a picture of a girl standing on the top rail of a fence.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
Maureen during Paul's race.
89
This book contains a black and white map of Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and New Jersey
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
90
In the end of this book the author thanks an island historian.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
91
The author of this book seems to write many books about a specific kind of animal.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
92
The last page of this book contains a picture of a seahorse.
Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry
93
This book's cover has the title written in two forms.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
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The first page inside the cover of this book lists numerous honors and distinctions the book has received.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
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Quotes by the two main characters are among the first pages of this book, before the story begins.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
96
Each chapter of this book begins with a quotation excerpted from letters.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
97
Each chapter of this book begins with words sent to Sophia Hopkins in 1887.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
98
This book uses italics to indicate words communicated between teacher and student.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
When Annie Sullivan spells words to Helen, they are in italics.
99
This book contains a 4 verse poem that describes the social challenges a child faces by someone who loves her, a parallel to the main characters of the story.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
100
This book uses three dots on a page to separate sections within a chapter when the story's main character and narrator flashes back to childhood or returns to the present.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Three dots on a page when Annie tells of incidents with her family or school before she came to the Keller family.
101
The afterword of this book describes the relationship in the years that follow for the two main characters in this book.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
102
This books contains a section at the end called "About This Book," in which the author explains the sources used to recreate a historical story.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
Note: The Matilda Jane poem was actually written by Lewis Carroll after the events of the book; however Sarah Miller thought it was so appropriate to Annie and Helen that she included it in the book
103
The end of this book contains photographs of the main characters.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
104
This book contains a photograph of the Tewksbury State Almshouse.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
105
This book contains a photograph of information about two children who lived in an institution.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
106
This book includes a photograph of Ivy Green.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
107
This book contains a photograph of a school and a classroom.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
The Perkins Institution for the Blind, attended by Annie Sullivan.
108
The end of this book contains a section entitled "More Information" that includes resources such as books, videos and websites.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
109
This book includes a chronology of the major events in the two characters' lives.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
110
This book contains a bibliography of books, articles, films and online resources used in the writing of the book.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
111
The author of this book was inspired by the real-life events of the main characters after seeing a play and it's movie version in the same night.
Miss Spitfire by Sarah Miller
The play/movie are called "The Miracle Worker."
112
This book is one in a series of many books describing a classroom subject as a job out in the field.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
113
This book is dedicated to the people who work in this field.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
114
This book contains a table of contents with different colors for chapter titles and some titles in bold print.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
115
This book contains color photographs with captions.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
116
This book contains color maps.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
117
This book includes color photographs of equipment discussed in the text.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
118
This book contains smaller sections of text within a section to discuss a topic in further detail.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
119
This book contains photographs of the characters in action.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
120
This book contains a picture of body size and temperature measurements.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
121
This book has sections within the contents that are conversations with the characters.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
122
This book contains a glossary.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
123
This book contains a guide section with facts about the subject of the book.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
124
This book has a section of suggested books based on the readers age.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
125
This book contains recommended websites, describing what you can learn about one each website.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
126
This book lists photo credits.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
127
The section about the author of this book contains a picture with the subject of the book.
Polar Bear Scientists by Peter Lourie
128
This book includes excepts from newspaper articles.
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
129
This book writes animal species names in italics.
Twelve Minutes to Midnight by Christopher Edge
