Text Features 1
Text Features 2
Text Features 3
Text Features 4
Text Features 5
100
This is at the top of the page and tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
100
This gives the heading/chapter and beginning page of each section of the book. This is at the beginning of the book.
What is the TABLE OF CONTENTS?
100
This is the slanted text that identifies new or important words.
What is ITALICS?
100
What text feature is shown below?
What is a DIAGRAM
100
The words with darker letters are called ___________.
Key words or bold words
200
It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life.
What is a PHOTOGRAPH?
200
This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an ILLUSTRATION?
200
These are the words next to or under a picture that explain what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
200
It calls attention to new and important words by making them stand out.
What is BOLD PRINT, COLOR, ITALICS or KEYWORDS?
200
This lists keywords alphabetically and gives the page numbers where the words occur in the text.
What is an INDEX?
300
It is a drawing that shows the parts of something.
What is a DIAGRAM?
300
This alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean.
What is a GLOSSARY?
300
What text feature is shown below?
What is a HEADING
300
Which text features can I use to locate a topic in a text?
Table of Contents or index
300
Name 4 text features.
Answers vary
400
What is this?
A caption
400
This is beneath the heading and tells what that section will be about.
What is SUBHEADING?
400
I see a word in bold print. Where else can I find this word?
Glossary
400
These name the parts of the diagram.
What are labels?
400
These help the reader to understand the information that is in non-fiction texts.
What are TEXT FEATURES?