This tells the reader the topic of the entire text.
What is a TITLE?
Title Cover/Title Page
Provides important vocabulary or key terms in the text. The text font will be darker than the rest of the text font.
What are BOLD WORDS?
A visual representation of events in history displayed in chronological order.
What is a TIMELINE?
This text feature is located at the back of the book. It lists specific topics lists and all of the page number(s) where you can find those specific topics.
What is an INDEX?
These are all things used to help a reader navigate through text easily and better understand the content.
What are TEXT FEATURES?
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
This text feature lists the chapters and beginning page of the book. It is found in the front of the book.
What is the TABLE OF CONTENTS?
This text feature is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a MAP?
This text feature shows information or data in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers.
What is a GRAPH/CHART?
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?
This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an ILLUSTRATION?
The phrase or sentence under a picture that explains what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
This text feature calls attention to new and important words. They may be slanted, bold, or in a different color than other words in the text.
What are KEY WORDS?
This text feature tells me fun facts or additional information. It may be located on the side of a page.
What is a SIDE BAR?
The word kind in this sentence is an example of:
I try to always use kind words.
What is ITALICS?
I use this text feature to find a location. It may be a picture of our country and show where a specific state is.
What is a map?
I use this text feature to find the definition of a domain-specific word.
What is a GLOSSARY?
I use this text feature that is on a cover of a book to find out what the whole book is about.
What is a TITLE?
Double Jeopardy
Name 2 things that text features do to help a reader.
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1. Text features help a reader better understand a text.
2. Text features make it easier for a reader to navigate through a book because you can find things faster.
It is a drawing that shows the parts of something, and the parts are labeled.
What is a DIAGRAM?
This text feature alphabetically lists words in the back of the book and tells their meaning/definition.
What is a GLOSSARY?
This text feature helps you by letting you know what chapters are in the book and on what page they each begin.
What is a TABLE OF CONTENTS?
This is color or shade behind a word or words that bring attention to the reader.
What is HIGHLIGHTED TEXT?
This text feature shows an image AND is labeled to show parts of the image.
What is a DIAGRAM?