Features 1
Features 2
Features 3
Types of Print
What am I?
100
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like.
what is a Picture
100
Features that help us learn where things are located in the world.
what is a Map
100

Text feature that shows the name or topic of a text usually at the very top of the text

what is title
100
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.
What is Underline
100

I make the text slightly bigger and darker so that it stands out.

What is a bold faced word?

200
Words under a picture that tells you about the picture.
what is a Caption
200
Feature, in the back of the textbook, that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
What is a Glossary
200
This goes under the heading and tells what you are reading about in a more specific way.
What is Subheading
200
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is a Bold
200

I provide the reader with a visual representation so the reader will be able to also see what the text is about

What is an illustration, picture, or graphic

300
Tells the reader what the section is going to be about.
What is a Heading
300

When the beginning word of a paragraph is moved inward a little

what is a indenting
300
Text feature that is a pictorial representation that shows you how something works. Often seen in science textbook.
What is a diagram
300

notes that are printed at the bottom of the page

footnotes
300

I am a picture taken with a camera to show how something looks in real life?

What is a photograph
400
Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information.
What is a Sidebar
400
Feature, in the front of the textbook, that tell the main ideas and what pages they are on.
what is Table of Contents
400

I help the reader understand what they are about to read and what the main idea of the article is.

What is the title or heading?

400
When the words are slanted.
What are Italics
400
I am found on the side, sometimes in a box, and I provide additional information to readers
what is a sidebar
500
Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.
What is a Timeline
500
Feature, in the back of the book, that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
what is the Index
500
Shows the rate of something, or amount of. Can be in the form of a line, pie or chart.
What is a Graph
500
Why do authors use bold, italics, colored text and highlighting?
What is to make important words stand out.
500

I am found at the beginning of the section and tell the reader what the section will be about

What is the heading?

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