Text Features
This text feature is similar to a dictionary and is often found in the back of a nonfiction text.
A glossary
This technique used by authors to convince a reader to believe an idea or concept.
Persuasive language
Authors organize information to show how something is similar and different.
Compare and contrast
A method of note taking in which the writer puts main ideas on the left side and minor details on the right side.
T-chart (Cornell notes)
When the similarities of two items/concepts are listed.
Comparing
This text feature in the back of the book can be used to look up a topic and find where that topic is discussed in the book.
An index
This technique is used to spark interest right away and make the reader wonder about the answer.
Raising a question
Authors organize information to show an issue and how that issue is resolved or may be resolved.
Problem and solution
A method of note taking where the writer draws circles with information in them and connects ideas with lines.
Webbing (mind-mapping)
When the differences of two items/concepts are listed.
This text feature gives more information about a picture that is presented in the text.
A caption
This technique is used by an author to prove that an educated person or highly knowledgeable person agrees with an idea.
Quoting an authority
Authors organize information in a structured way to give lots of detail about a topic to help the reader learn the many aspects of the topic.
Description
A method of note taking where the writer put a main idea above in a rectangle with supporting details below in a list.
Boxes and bullets
An issue, idea or event that is troublesome, bothersome or annoying.
A problem
This text feature gives statistical or numeric information in an organized way.
A chart or graph
This technique is used by an author to help a reader see the connection to another example or idea.
Authors organize information in the order in which something happened.
Sequential or Chronological
A method of note taking where the writer puts events in order as they occurred.
A timeline
A proposal or end result that eliminates a problem.
Solution
This text feature helps readers know exactly what something looks like.
An illustration or photograph
This technique is used by an author to make a reader laugh and/or find something funny.
Incorporate humor
Authors organize information to show how one thing happened which led to another thing (or issue).
Cause and effect
A method of note taking where a writer makes an organizer that lists: who, what, where, when, why.
Charting
When one event leads to another.
The first event makes the other event happen.
Cause and effect