Focus on Genre: Magazine Article

Most magazine articles are nonfiction. Many have headings to divide the text into readable parts. Thetextmay be setineasy-to-read columns.

Articles also use photos and captions to make the text more interesting and to help readers understand more about the topic.

Your Job as a Reader: Reading Strategy: Synthesize

As you read, bring together different ideas to create generalizations. Work out ideas on a Generalization Chart.

Photograph of the title page of the selection “Making Masks.” An elaborate, colorful mask is shown.