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Literary Analysis: Text Structure: Use Text Features to Make Comparisons
Academic Vocabulary

  • • feature (fē-chur) noun

    A feature is part of something that stands out or is noticeable.

Why Do Writers Use Text Features? Nonfiction text features help readers understand what they read. Read the passage and look at the photo and labels.

They also put a radio collar around her neck. The collar sends a radio signal—a series of beeps—that helps scientists track an animal’s movement.

radio collar

radio collar

Venn Diagram

Venn Diagram

The Venn Diagram compares the information in the text to the information in the text feature.

Practice Together

Compare Information Read the passage and look at the map on page 360.

The big cats once roamed the area from eastern Russia to South Korea but by the early 1900s, overhunting had wiped out most of them. Fewer than fifty were left!

With your class, compare the information in a Venn Diagram.

Try It!

Compare Information Make a Venn Diagram that compares the text and the graph on page 363. How is the information different? How is it the same?