Text Features A
What is underline?
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase
What is bold?
When a word or phrase has a darker and thicker font.
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like.
A Photograph
Tells a book’s title,author, illustrator,and publisher.
A Title page
What is italics?
When the words are slanted.
What is a title?
The name of the book or article.
Features that help you identify parts of a picture or diagram.
Labels
Shows what something looks like (taken with a camera).
A photograph
What is a bullet list?
Makes lists easier to read and understand.
What is a graph?
Organizes and helps compare information in a visual way.
Words under a picture that tells you about the picture.
A caption.
Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about.
Heading
Why does the author include text features in books?
For the reader to better understand the text.
What is a glossary?
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section.
Headings
Explains information or how something works in a visual way.
A diagram
What is the table of contents?
Feature that tell the main ideas and what pages they are on. At the beginning of the book.
What is a Title Page?
Tells a book’s title,author, illustrator,and publisher
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers. At the back of the book.
An index
Organizes facts and numbers in a visual way so it is easier to read.
A Table