This type of text feature is a slanted text that emphasizes new or important words.
What is italic print?
100
This type of text feature is a set of curved marks used to identify additional information in a sentence.
What is parentheses?
100
This type of text feature organizes information into a list with points.
What is bullets?
100
This type of text feature is the name of the book.
What is a title?
100
This type of text feature has a very strong, visual presence in order to call attention to new and important words.
What is bold print?
200
This type of text feature helps the reader to chunk the text into smaller parts that are related to the heading.
What is a subheading?
200
This type of text feature is a chart of information presented in a visual way that is often used to compare things. The purpose is to make information visual so that readers can easily understand the information.
What is a table or a graph?
200
This type of text feature alphabetically lists new or important words and shows and tells what they mean.
What is a glossary?
200
This type of text feature is a chart that helps a reader see important events in order.
What is a timeline?
200
This type of text feature tells the reader what the main sections are about within a chapter or passage.
What is a heading?
300
This type of text feature is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an illustration?
300
The purpose of this text feature is to show how things look in real life in a realistic/pictorial way.
What is a photograph?
300
This type of text features shows a cut-out of what you would not see normally. Example: a mole tunnel underground.
What is a cross-section?
300
This type of text feature is a drawing that labels parts and explains how something is made, steps, etc.
What is a diagram?
300
This type of text feature is placed beneath a picture to explain what the picture is about.
What is a caption?
400
This type of text feature is a list of books and their authors used to gather information for a report or research paper.
What is a bibliography?
400
This strategy is a system of color-coding the text in order to make the text more visually appealing and to chunk the information.
What is text mapping?
400
The purpose of this text feature is to give additional information related to the topic or picture and is usually located on the side of the page.
What is a sidebar?
400
The purpose of this text feature is to give the heading and beginning page number of each section in a book.
What is the table of contents?
400
The purpose of this text feature is to tell the reader how to say a new word.
What is a pronunciation guide?
500
The purpose of this text feature is to give additional information about a topic in a box format.
What is a fact box/text box?
500
The purpose of this text feature is to help the reader visualize location.
What is a map?
500
This type of text feature is an alphabetical listing of the subjects, people, and places found in the text.
What is an index?
500
This type of text feature is a zoomed-in version of a picture.
What is a close-up?
500
What is the purpose of using external text features?
What is to help the reader locate, organize, and visualize information?