Text Features
Sometimes an author makes a vocabulary word in darker print to show its importance and that the definition can be found easily.
What is bold.
When events and details are organized sequentially on a line sometimes accompanied with photos.
What is a timeline.
When an article is describing a person, place, object, or event in detail.
What is descriptive.
Where is the (text feature) title located?
What is the top of the article.
A crossword puzzle in the Sunday Newspaper.
What is to entertain.
When a graphic is used to display where something is located.
What is a map.
Sometimes information involving numbers is displayed in the form or a pie _____ or a bar _____. This helps the reader visualize the data easier.
What is chart or graph.
When the text is organized in chronological order. There may also be a timeline.
What is chronological or sequential.
Where is an index found?
What is in the back of the book.
A chart depicting the number or women serving in the House of Representatives vs. the number of women serving in the Senate.
What is to inform.
These are often used in full color, depicting an event or subject related to the nonfiction text.
What is a picture.
When the printed text is slanted.
What is italics.
We often read articles about natural disasters or historical movements that are in this format. Usually some actions result in some consequences.
What is cause and effect.
The purpose of a heading is
What is to organize the information in the article and indicate what that section is about to the reader.
A timeline of events that led to the end of the Vietnam War.
What is to inform.
A line usually below the picture that tells the reader more information about the picture.
What is caption.
When an object is drawn in detail with labels showing the smaller details. For example, a phone might be depicted with the various buttons labeled.
What is a diagram.
When there is a __________ and a __________, there may be an interview with an expert like a scientist where they make suggestions on how to fix a situation.
What is problem and solution.
Where is the table of contents located?
A chart depicting the amount of sugar found in various beverages in an article about the need for a soda machine ban in schools.
What is to persuade.
In the back of an informational book, an alphabetical listing of topics within the book AND the page number where you can read more about the topic.
What is index.
In the back an informational book, an alphabetical listing of bolded words and their definitions.
What is glossary.
When 2 things are __________ and ___________ the article addresses ways in which they are alike and different.
What is compared and contrasted.
When there is a title in large print, and then smaller words in the next line, what is it called?
What is a subtitle.
a diagram depicting the steps to make a mummy
What is inform.