Text Features 1
Text Features 2
Text Features 3
100
This tells the reader the topic of the entire text.
What is a TITLE?
Title Cover/Title Page
100
This text feature is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a MAP?
100
A visual representation of events in history displayed in chronological order.
What is a TIMELINE?
200
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
200
This text feature calls attention to new and important words. They may be slanted, bold, or in a different color.
What are KEY WORDS?
200
This is the slanted text that identifies new or important words.
What is ITALICS?
300
It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life. It is not a hand-drawn illustration.
What is a PHOTOGRAPH?
300
This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an ILLUSTRATION?
300
The phrase or sentence under a picture that explains what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
400
This text feature shoes fun facts or additional information. It may be located on the side of a page.
What is a SIDE BAR?
400
This text feature is located at the back of the book. It lists specific topics and all of the page number(s) where you can find them.
What is an INDEX?
400
This text feature lets you know what chapters are in the book and on what page they begin.
What is a TABLE OF CONTENTS?
500
It is a drawing that shows the parts of something, and the parts are labeled.
What is a DIAGRAM?
500
This text feature alphabetically lists words in the back of the book and tells their meaning/definition.
What is a GLOSSARY?
500
This text feature is a word, phrase, or sentence that is used to introduce part of a text; it appears under a heading or a title.
What is a SUBHEADING?