Text Features 1
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Text Features 5
100
This tells the reader the topic of the entire text.
What is a TITLE?
Title Cover/Title Page
100
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?
100
The phrase or sentence under a picture that explains what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
100
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?
100
These are all things used to help a reader navigate through text easily and better understand the content.
What are TEXT FEATURES or GRAPHIC FEATURES?
200
This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
200
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?
200
What is one reason that authors use charts?
-can add new information
-sort information into categories
200
a visual representation of information or an idea within a text that supports the author's message (examples: graph, photographs, diagrams)
What is a GRAPHIC FEATURE?
200
This text feature shows information or data in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers.
What is a GRAPH/CHART?
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
a drawing, image, or sketch that shows parts of a whole or steps in the process
What is a DIAGRAM?
300
a pictorial representation that shows data or values in an organized manner
What is a GRAPH?
300
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?
400
The word kind in this sentence is an example of:
I try to always use kind words.
What is ITALICS?
400
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?
400
I use this text feature to find the definition of a important words about the topic.
What is a GLOSSARY?
400
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?
400
Double Jeopardy
Name 2 things that text features do to help a reader.
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2.
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.
500
It is a drawing that shows a chronological arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence.
What is a TIMELINE?
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 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?
500
words near a picture that give more information
Skyscrapers are buildings with
more than 40 floors.
What is a CAPTION?
500
This text feature shows an image AND is labeled to show parts of the image.
What is a DIAGRAM?