Name this Text Feature
This is usually the first text feature a reader notices when he or she picks up a text.
What is the title?
"A flamingo's feathers are usually pinkish red. They also have pink legs and a pink and white bill with a black tip."
What is description?
When we write a summary, we are sure to include the _____, ______, and ______ of a text.
What are the beginning, middle, and end?
These words are darkened so that they stand out. They may add to a reader's understanding of a text or may be challenging new vocabulary for a reader to learn.
What are bolded words?
"The women of colonial times wore different clothes than women do today. Their clothing would be considered uncomfortable, hot, and impractical today."
What is compare and contrast?
Previewing these before reading can help the reader better understand the text and write a stronger summary.
What are text features?
This common text feature usually appears beneath an image and explains that image.
What is a caption?
"Mining can directly destroy the land, producing large holes in the ground and causing erosion. It can also release toxic chemicals into the air and soil."
What is cause and effect?
These six question words can help a reader better understand a text and write a stronger summary.
What are who, what, where, when, why, and how?
"Powerful and Sacred," "Truly Safe," and "Highly Intelligent" are all examples of this text feature.
What are subheadings?
"After graduating from high school, Amelia wasn't sure what she wanted to do. She first went to the Ogontz School in Pennsylvania, but dropped out to become a nurse's aide tending wounded soldiers from World War I. Then she studied to become a mechanic, but soon was back in school studying for a career in medicine."
What is sequence and order?
This text feature breaks up a text into parts, and including information from under each of these can help a reader better summarize a text.
What are subheadings?
This text feature, "All About Grizzlies," appears half-way through the "Bear Attacks that Changed America" article.
What is a sidebar?
"In its purest form, Abstract Art has no subject. It is just lines, shapes, and colors. The Abstract Art movement is called Abstract Expressionism because, although the art has no subject, it is still trying to convey some kind of emotion."
What is description?
Leaving this out of a summary makes it objective.
What is your opinion?