Visuals
Important Words or Phrases
References
Miscellaneous
100
maps
What shows the reader where something is located
100
Bold or Italics words
What draws the reader's attention to important words?
100
Table of Contents
What shows the reader page number where they can find a section?
100
Information Text
What kind of text can you find facts?
200
photograph
What shows the reader what something REALLY looks like?
200
labels
What identifies things in an illustration or diagram?
200
glossary
What section gives the meaning of words used in the text?
200
Find Information Quickly
What is the purpose of text features?
300
illustrations
What is drawn by an artist to show the reader what something looks like?
300
title
What tells the reader what the passage is about?
300
index
What is lists the page numbers to locate topics in the text?
300
Procedural Text
What kind of text provides step by step directions?
400
Table
What organizes important information about the text?
400
heading
What tells the reader what the section is about?
400
bullet points
What is a list of important points in a text?
400
Persuasive Text
What kind of text is meant to convince you to do something?
500
Caption
What describes a photograph or illustration?
500
Text Box
What provides interesting facts in a box, NOT in the text?
500
Chart or Graph
What shows data in either a pie or rectangle?
500
Expository Text
What kind of text gives you facts to explain something?
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