What is It?
What is It?
Examples
What's the Purpose?
Potpourri
100
These words are next to or underneath a picture?
What is a caption?
100
This text feature is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a map?
100
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What is a glossary?
100
The purpose of a caption.
What is to let the reader know what is happening in the picture?
100
Where are words in bold print often found?
What is in the glossary?
200
This text feature shows information in a visual way so that it is more easily understood by readers.
What is a graph?
200
This text feature is a chart used to present information in a visual way.
What is a table?
200
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What is a caption?
200
The purpose of a table.
What is to give data in a visual way, often used to compare topics?
200
In what order are words listed in the glossary?
What is alphabetical?
300
This text feature changes the font of the text to draw attention to certain vocabulary.
What is bold print?
300
This text feature gives you the meaning of new or important words in the text.
What is a glossary?
300
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What is a table of contents?
300
The purpose of a subheading.
What is to further "chunk" information about a topic?
300
If you wanted to find information on a specific topic in a book, i.e. "fire ants", where would you look?
What is the index?
400
This text feature consists of a list of books and their authors used to gather information about a report.
What is a bibliography?
400
This text feature tells the reader what the section is about.
What is a heading?
400
Show Example 4
What is a map?
400
The purpose of a table of contents.
What is to have the ability to quickly find a specific section of the book?
400
This is where the sidebar is usually located on a page.
What is the side?
500
This box gives additional information about a topic.
What is a fact box?
500
This text feature is an alphabetical listing of the subjects, people, and places found in the text.
What is an index?
500
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What is a table?
500
The purpose of an appendix.
What is include extra things that might be helpful to the reader?
500
How are headings and subheading related to each other? In what order do they appear on a page?
What is subheadings give you more specific information about the information presented in a heading? The order on the page goes heading first and then subheading?
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