Text Features 1
Provides additional information about a photograph or illustration
What is a caption
Explains what each section of the text is about
What is a heading
Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together resolve this issue.
What is problem and solution
The author presents a problem and then presents one or more solutions.
What is problem and solution
A true story about a person's life told by that person
What is an autobiography
A text box that provides additional or more in-depth information
What is a sidebar
Identifies what the text will be about
What is a title
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimpanzee comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weighs about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.
The author puts events in order or explains the steps to follow in order to do or make something
What is sequencing/chronological order
A true story about someone's life told by someone else
Tells the names of parts of a diagram, photo, or illustration
Helps the reader understand where a place is located
Chimps live in groups and like each other a lot, but sometimes they fight. Because they don’t want to stay angry at each other after a fight, they make up by holding a hand out to the other and kissing. They show they are sorry with pats and hugs. Then the anger goes away.
what is cause and effect
The author describes a person, place, or thing in a logical order. Often employs the five senses to help the reader visualize information.
what is description
A conversation between two people where questions and answers are exchanged
What is an interview
What is special print
Charts, graphs, or illustrations to help the reader understand the topic more deeply
What are graphics
It is fun to read about chimpanzees. All wild chimpanzees live in Africa. They live mostly in thick rain forests and in woodlands. There are two types, or species, of chimpanzees—the common chimpanzee and the bonobo, also known as the pygmy chimpanzee.
what is description
The author provides similarities and differences between two subjects
A reference book organized chronologically or by topic
What is a textbook
Elements of a text that are not the main body of the text
What is Text Features
Notes the names of each chapter or section and gives page numbers
What is the table of contents
A chimpanzee’s body is made for climbing and swinging in the trees. First, it uses its long arms to reach a branch. Next, with its flexible hands and feet, it grabs and hooks on to the branch. Finally, it swings from that branch to another branch of tree.
What is chronological order/sequencing
The author shows how concepts happen as a result of other events or concepts
Writing based on real people, places, or events
What is NONFICTION