Written in Bone
Text Features Scavenger Hunt
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Title Page
a. What is the complete title of the book?
b. Who is the author?
c. Who is the publisher?
Table of Contents
a. What are the names of Chapters One, Three, and Five?
b. If you want to do further research on the topic of this book, on what page can you find resources?
c. Where is the index located, and what is its purpose?
Photos, Drawings, and Illustrations
a. What is the caption for the photograph on page 8?
b. What is the purpose of the photograph on page 36?
Diagrams
a. What is the diagram of on page 23?
b. Explain the diagram on page 73.
Maps
a. Look at the map on page 10. How many colonial settlements are shown?
b. What did Providence’s name later become?
Copyright Page In what year was the book published?
Note to Reader What does the author say this book tells the story of and how?
Colored Print In what color are the chapter subheadings? Why?
Italic Print Look on page 25. What does the term in situ mean? Why is it in italics?
Timeline How much time passed between the discovery of three lead coffins at St. Mary’s City and the
opening of the Written in Bone exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.?
Written in Bone
Text Features Scavenger Hunt
11. Title Page
d. What is the complete title of the book?
e. Who is the author?
f. Who is the publisher?
12. Table of Contents
d. What are the names of Chapters One, Three, and Five?
e. If you want to do further research on the topic of this book, on what page can you find resources?
f. Where is the index located, and what is its purpose?
13. Photos, Drawings, and Illustrations
c. What is the caption for the photograph on page 8?
d. What is the purpose of the photograph on page 36?
14. Diagrams
c. What is the diagram of on page 23?
d. Explain the diagram on page 73.
15. Maps
c. Look at the map on page 10. How many colonial settlements are shown?
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d. What did Providence’s name later become?
Copyright Page In what year was the book published?
Note to Reader What does the author say this book tells the story of and how?
Colored Print In what color are the chapter subheadings? Why?
Italic Print Look on page 25. What does the term in situ mean? Why is it in italics?
Timeline How much time passed between the discovery of three lead coffins at St. Mary’s City and the
opening of the Written in Bone exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D. C.?