Text Features
-The name of an article, book, or other literary work or document.
Title
- A picture taken with a camera that reflects actual objects, settings, or events, and is usually related to the topic of the text
photograph
to hold the interest of the reader through enjoyment; fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction
Entertain
Information is presented in sections that often begin with a central idea and are followed by an elaboration of the features, characteristics, or examples of the subject at hand.
Description
Propose a interrogative statement and provide solutions
Question/Answer
A written note added to a text by way of comment or explanation
annotation
– The title of section of text that introduces its topic; are also used to divide a larger text into smaller, more focused sections.
heading
To convince the reader of a certain point of view; nonfiction
Persuade
Information is conveyed as an issue of concern and ideas(s) are proposed or explained to solve it.
Problem/Solution
Illustrate the things that are the same and different and make a final determination
Comparison/Conclusion
A title or brief explanation added to an article, cartoon, illustration, photograph, or other graphic.
caption
- A drawing used to emphasize an aspect of the text or to add reader interest.
illustration
to teach or give information to the reader; nonfiction
Inform
Facts, events, or details are presented in the order in which they occurred in time.
Chronological
The similarities and/or differences of two or more people, things, concepts, or ideas are presented.
Compare/Contrast
- A visual representation of data or a visual depiction of information.
chart or graph
– an alphabetized list of pertinent terms with corresponding definitions located at or near the end of the text
glossary
newspaper, encyclopedia, biography, science textbook
informative
Information is presented as a series of instructions or steps in a process.
sequential
the most important or central thoughts unifying elements of a text
Central Idea
- A note of reference, explanation, or comment printed at the bottom of a page.
footnote
section or table containing additional content or information at the end of the text.
Some text may have more than one
appendix
Letter from a Birmingham Jail by MLK, The Crisis by Thomas Pain, Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
Persuasive
The description of what happened and the detail(s) related to why it happened.
Cause & Effect
facts, data, information that supports ideas presented in the text
evidence