It can be a sentenceanywhere in thewriting. Sometimesyou need to take littlepieces of eachparagraph to find themain idea.The MainIdea explainswhat thepassage ismainly about.SequenceOnecompletesentencecauseandeffectProblemandSolutionUnderneaththe TitleA short summaryof an articleusually locatedright above orbelow theheadline/title.The main idea is what a awriting piece is about andcan be found aywhere inthe writing. Topic sentencesintroduce a topic or idea,and are always found in thebeginning of a paragraph.Glossary: used to findthe definition of a wordIndex: Used to locate aword or topic Table ofContents: tells thereader what they willbe reading about andgives the page(s) theywill be found on1. Bold 2.Italicize 3.Highlight 4.Change Color5. Make largerBCompareandContrastProblemandSolutionPhotographs2. Charts 3.Graphs 4.MapsSubtitle is an "add-on" to the title,while subheadings breakthe writing pieceup into differentsections.Sequence1. The help the readerunderstand what they arereading 2. They help thereader locate importantinformation quickly 3. Theyhelp you learn more (extrainformation) about the topicyou are reading aboutIt can be a sentenceanywhere in thewriting. Sometimesyou need to take littlepieces of eachparagraph to find themain idea.The MainIdea explainswhat thepassage ismainly about.SequenceOnecompletesentencecauseandeffectProblemandSolutionUnderneaththe TitleA short summaryof an articleusually locatedright above orbelow theheadline/title.The main idea is what a awriting piece is about andcan be found aywhere inthe writing. Topic sentencesintroduce a topic or idea,and are always found in thebeginning of a paragraph.Glossary: used to findthe definition of a wordIndex: Used to locate aword or topic Table ofContents: tells thereader what they willbe reading about andgives the page(s) theywill be found on1. Bold 2.Italicize 3.Highlight 4.Change Color5. Make largerBCompareandContrastProblemandSolutionPhotographs2. Charts 3.Graphs 4.MapsSubtitle is an "add-on" to the title,while subheadings breakthe writing pieceup into differentsections.Sequence1. The help the readerunderstand what they arereading 2. They help thereader locate importantinformation quickly 3. Theyhelp you learn more (extrainformation) about the topicyou are reading about

Text Features, Structure and Main Idea - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. It can be a sentence anywhere in the writing. Sometimes you need to take little pieces of each paragraph to find the main idea.
  2. The Main Idea explains what the passage is mainly about.
  3. Sequence
  4. One complete sentence
  5. cause and effect
  6. Problem and Solution
  7. Underneath the Title
  8. A short summary of an article usually located right above or below the headline/title.
  9. The main idea is what a a writing piece is about and can be found aywhere in the writing. Topic sentences introduce a topic or idea, and are always found in the beginning of a paragraph.
  10. Glossary: used to find the definition of a word Index: Used to locate a word or topic Table of Contents: tells the reader what they will be reading about and gives the page(s) they will be found on
  11. 1. Bold 2. Italicize 3. Highlight 4. Change Color 5. Make larger
  12. B
  13. Compare and Contrast
  14. Problem and Solution
  15. Photographs 2. Charts 3. Graphs 4. Maps
  16. Subtitle is an "add-on" to the title, while sub headings break the writing piece up into different sections.
  17. Sequence
  18. 1. The help the reader understand what they are reading 2. They help the reader locate important information quickly 3. They help you learn more (extra information) about the topic you are reading about