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This type of text feature is a slanted text that emphasizes new or important words.
What is italic print?
This category of text feature means it is related to images
What is graphics?
This type of text feature organizes information into a list with points.
What is bullets?
This type of text feature is the name of the book or article.
What is a title?
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?
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?
This type of text feature shows data and numerical information in a visual way. The purpose is to make information visual so that readers can easily understand the information.
What is a graph or chart?
This type of text feature alphabetically lists new or important words and shows and tells what they mean.
What is a glossary?
This type of text feature is a chart that helps a reader see important events in order.
What is a timeline?
This type of text feature follows a heading to explain it further or is used to break up parts of an article signaling a transition to a new topic or main idea.
What is a subheading or subtitle?
This type of text feature is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an illustration?
The purpose of this text feature is to show how things look in real life in a realistic way (taken with a camera)
What is a photograph?
Changing the text so that a specific quote stands out (the text is increased in size compared to the main article)
What is large text/font?
This type of text feature is a drawing that labels parts and explains how something is made, steps, etc.
What is a diagram?
This type of text feature is placed beneath a picture to explain what the picture is about.
What is a caption?
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 or works cited?
This strategy is a system of color-coding the text in order to make the text more visually appealing and to chunk the information. Also highlight important words
What is colored fonts?
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?
The purpose of this text feature is to give the heading and beginning page number of each section or chapter in a book.
What is the table of contents?
When the text is written this way to highlight a specific word
What is a italics?
The purpose of this text feature is to give additional information about a topic in a box format usually put to the side or below the article
What is a fact box/text box? What is a sidebar?
The purpose of this text feature is to help the reader visualize a location or geographical area.
What is a map?
This type of text feature is an alphabetical listing of the subjects, people, and places found in the text.
What is an index?
This text feature is used in digital or online articles and if clicked will take you to another website or article
What is a hyperlink?
What is the purpose of using external text features?
What is to help the reader locate, organize, and visualize information?