Types of Print
Features
Features 2
Feature 3
100
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.
What is to underline.
100
Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.
What is a map.
100
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like.
What is a photograph.
100
Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information.
What are insets and sidebars.
200
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold.
200
Feature that tells the reader how to say the word.
What is a pronunciation guide.
200
Features that helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram.
What are labels.
200
Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.
What is a timeline.
300
When the author uses many different shades to make a word stand out.
What is using color.
300
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
What is a glossary.
300
Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.
What are captions.
300
Feature that organizes information into columns and additional ways to make it easier to understand.
What is a chart or a graph.
400
When the words are slanted.
What is italics.
400
Feature that tell the main ideas and what pages they are on.
What is the table of contents.
400
The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section.
What are chapters and headings.
400

A digital link in a piece of informational text that takes you to another location such as as website.

What is a hyperlink

500
When a word or phrase a strip of color over the text.
What is highlight.
500
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
500
Features that helps the reader see what something looks like on the inside.
What are cutaways or cross-sections.
500

Text feature used to when making a list

What are bullets or bullet points

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