What information does a title provide?

• A. Found in the back of the book and lists important words.
• B. A drawing used to label and explain how something works.
• C. Gives information regarding what the passage will be about.
• D. The smaller title that goes before a new paragraph.

Answer: (C)

A title signals the topic of the passage, giving you a sense of what the text will be about and its focus before you start reading. It helps you know whether the subject interests you and what to expect in the content. It isn’t a glossary list found at the back of the book, which would only name important words. It isn’t a drawing or diagram that explains how something works, which would be an illustration. It isn’t a smaller heading placed before a paragraph, which is a subheading used inside the text. So the information a title provides is exactly what the passage will be about.