Sophia is writing an essay and using text features as support. Which text feature would best support this
portion of the essay?
a time line with dates showing when these
Japanese words were first used
an illustration showing one of the Japanese words
written in Japanese characters
o a graph showing how often each Japanese word
has appeared in literature
a chart giving examples of what each Japanese
word means

D). a chart giving examples of what each Japanese  word means.

Explanation:

'Text Features' are characterized as the parts of the text apart from the actual body or narrative. These elements primarily aim to provide accurate placement of the information in a compact and easy-to-understand manner which helps the readers locate it conveniently and efficiently.

In the given part of Sophia's essay, the use of a 'chart providing illustrations that clarify the meaning of every Japanese word.' It will not only enhance the comprehension of the text for the non-native readers but also aid in keeping their interest intact so that they could understand the intended idea effectively which will evoke the desired response. The chart will make it easy for the readers to comprehend the text easily and effectively. Hence, option D is the correct answer.

quite an interesting way to teach topic sentences, because the answer to this question is the best definition of a topic sentence that one can present, it is as if answering the questions taught you how to do it, this is some real teaching, it is terribly well-done.

the topic sentence in this paragraph is:

topic sentences writers stay on track and keep a paragraph from becoming an aimless collection of sentences about an idea.

which incidentally tells you what a topic sentence should be.

i believe it may be the hope this sorry if i'm wrong.