Name that Text Feature
I TELL YOU ABOUT THE PICTURE NEXT TO ME.
What is a caption?
WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK TO FIND THE MEANING OF AN IMPORTANT WORD IN THAT BOOK
What is the glossary?
PHOTOS
What are...pictures taken with a camera?
THE TITLE or HEADING
What is...tell the name of the book or article?
A DRAWING MADE BY A PERSON
What is an illustration?
I AM A PICTURE WITH DIFFERENT PARTS LABELED SO YOU UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS MADE OR HOW IT WORKS.
What is a diagram?
WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK TO FIND OUT THE NAME OF THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK
What is the title page?
SUBHEADING
What is....a smaller heading that tells what the next part of the text will be about?
PICTURES
What is...show what something looks like?
WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK TO FIND OUT ALL THE PAGE NUMBERS IN THE BOOK THAT TALK ABOUT BATS
What is the index?
I AM A PICTURE OF A PLACE, SUCH AS THE STATE OF FLORIDA WITH THINGS LIKE CITIES AND ROADS LABELED ON IT.
What is a map?
WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE DIFFERENT PARTS OF A FROG
What is a diagram?
INDEX
What is....the section in the back of the book that lists important topics and the page numbers where they are found in the book?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
What is....list the chapters and page numbers where they start in the book?
WORDS THAT ARE DARKER SO THEY STAND OUT
What are bold words?
I AM THE NAME OF A BOOK OR ARTICLE.
What is a title or heading?
What is a caption?
IMPORTANT WORDS
What is....words that are in bold print, color, highlighted, or in italics (slanted)?
THE GLOSSARY
What is....lists important words from the book and tells what they mean?
THE TEXT FEATURE THAT MAY GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THAT BOOK WILL BE ABOUT
I TELL YOU THE NAME OF THE CHAPTERS IN A BOOK AND THE PAGE ON WHICH THEY START.
What is the table of contents?
WHERE YOU WOULD LOOK TO SEE WHAT SOMETHING LOOKS LIKE
What is a picture (illustration or photo)?
A MAP
What is....a picture or drawing of somewhere in the world with the names of places like waters, countries, cities, and streets?
TITLE PAGE
What is....tells the name of the book, the author, and where it was published (made)?
THE REASON AN AUTHOR USES TEXT FEATURES
What is...to get the reader to notice important information and to help the reader understand it?