Identify the Text Feature (What does it do?)
tells you the name of the story or article.
Title
Give information in a visual way.
photographs and illustrations.
The style and color of the _______ sends the reader signals about how to read the content.
Shows important events in the order that they happened.
words that are in bold face type, and can appear at the back of the book in another text feature.
vocabulary words
Explains what is shown in a picture or illustration.
caption.
slanted writing
italics
Shows you exactly what something looks like.
Is found at the front of the book and lists different topics or themes and where to find them.
Table of Contents
Drawings that show the basic shape of the land and other geographical, political, or historical features.
Make text slightly bigger and darker so that it stands out.
elps readers understand by creating interest or emphasizing information. Located in a section separate from the text.
Is found at the back of the book and contains vocabulary words used throughout the book and their definitions.
Glossary
A drawing that shows or explains how something works.
diagram.
The word that means to make something stand out or make it bigger or to draw attention to something.
emphasize.
Text boxes that appear in the margins of the text and contain background information, definitions, or critical thinking questions.
Side Bar
Organize large amounts of information in a small space.
What is the word that means to tell things in the order that they happened. (not timeline!)
chronological order