Heading
This text feature tells what a section will be about
What is a heading?
This text feature explains what is happening in a picture.
What is a caption?
This visual shows information using bars or numbers.
What is a graph or chart?
This visual shows where places are located.
What is a map?
Why do authors include text features and visuals in informational texts?
To help readers understand information, organize ideas, and explain details visually,
Heading: How Bees Make Honey
What does this heading tell the reader?
The section will explain how bees make honey.
Picture: A turtle digging in the sand.
Caption: A sea turtle laying eggs on the beach.
What does the caption explain?
What the turtle is doing.
A chart compares solar, wind, and hydropower energy.
What does the chart help readers do?
Compare Information.
This visual shows events in the order they happened.
What is a timeline?
Define Bullet Points.
Symbols used to organize information into short, easy-to-read lists.
Why do author use headings in informational texts?
To organize information into sections.
Why are captions important in informational text?
They help explain pictures and give more information.
Why might an author include a graph?
To show data visually.
A timeline shows eggs---caterpillar----chrysalis---butterfly.
What dos it helps readers understand?
The order of the life cycle.
What text feature is described here? A real image used to help readers see what something looks like.
Photograph/ Picture
Which text feature helps readers quickly find information in different sections?
Subheadings
Which text feature helps readers understand photographs?
Captions.
If a graph shows rainfall amounts, what can readers learn?
Which month had the most or least rainfall.
How does a map help readers?
It shows where places or animals are located.
Words printed in slanted letters to emphasize important words or titles.
Italics
List three text features and tell what they mean.
Title
The name of the text that tells the reader the main topic.
Heading
A title that introduces and organizes a main section of the text.
Subheading
A smaller heading that divides a section into more specific parts.
Bold Print
Words that are printed darker than the rest of the text to highlight important terms or ideas.
Italics
Words printed in slanted letters to emphasize important words or titles.
Caption
Text that explains or gives more information about a picture or illustration.
Photograph
A real image used to help readers see what something looks like.
Illustration
A drawing or picture used to help explain or support information in the text.
What else can captions be under?
Diagrams
Which text feature tells shows information and which show numbers, out of charts and graphs?
Charts-Information
Graphs-Numbers
A list of important words and their meanings found in the text.
Glossary
An alphabetical list of topics and the pages where they can be found in the text.
Index