Text Features
This tells us what the book is about.
What is TITLE?
Why do we use bold letters in text?
To make the text stand out.
This explains about the photograph or picture.
What is CAPTION?
How is an INDEX arranged?
alphabetical (A-B-C) order
This lists the titles of the chapters, and their page numbers, in the book.
What is TABLE OF CONTENTS?
Why does a diagram have LABELS?
So we know what we are looking at in the diagram.
This gives the meaning of important words in the text.
What is GLOSSARY?
What are KEY WORDS?
They are words on the page that are the important words (the vocabulary words).
This is the title for a section of text to tell us what the section is about.
What is HEADING?
Why are there PHOTOGRAPHS or DRAWINGS on a page?
The text features provide us with additional information about the subject of the text.