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This is like a mini dictionary. It is located in the back of the book and tells the vocabulary words and their definitions.
Glossary
This picture is taken with a camera and helps you understand the text better.
Photograph
Shows where places are located in the world.
Map
The sentence that tells the most important idea about the topic.
Central Idea
This indicates the title of a section of text
Heading
This tells what is in the book, the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found.
Table of Contents
This text feature lists words and gives the page numbers where the words occur in the book. It is in the back of the book and is in alphabetical order. It does not give the definitions.
Index
This shows events in the order that they happened.
Timeline
This identifies a specific part of an image.
Label
This is a short description of an image.
Caption
This text feature tells the name of the text, and tells what the text will be about.
Title
This text feature is drawn by an person.
Illustration or picture
Heavy print that shows what words are important or what words can be found in the glossary.
Bold Words
An author gives facts and important information when their purpose is to ________ the reader.
Inform
Restate and answer: Why is President's Day important?
President's Day is important because we honor the current and past presidents of our country.
One or two words that tell what the text is about.
Topic
When the author is trying to get you to do something, their purpose is to ___________.
Persuade
Slanted print that shows a word is important.
Italics
When the author wants you to enjoy what you are reading, their purpose is to ___________.
Helps the reader visualize real events, steps or objects described in the text
Photograph
This text feature helps us understand what we read by dividing the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about. It is at the top of each section.
Heading
Who is the best 2nd grade teacher?
Mrs. Stein
Large amounts of information or data organized into columns and rows with headings.
Table or chart
Examples that tell more about the central idea.
Supporting Details
This is an image with labels that show the parts of something.
Diagram