Text Features

“A Hurricane Destroyed My Town,” pages 14-17

April 2018
READING AND WRITING MAGAZINE
POWER FOR TEENS

Name: ______________________________ Date: ___________________

Text Features
Directions: Text features are the pictures, captions, headlines, subheads, maps, and other features
that go along with an article. Answer the questions below about the text features in “A Hurricane
Destroyed My Town.”

1. Read the title and subhead on pages 14-15. What do you think the author means when she
writes that the town “came back stronger than ever”?

2. Look at the photos of Ashley on pages 15 and 17. What does the way she is standing and the
look on her face tell you about how she is feeling?

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