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A number line with years, where events can be sequenced in chronological order.
Timeline
A list of different topics, that can be found in the back of a book, and page numbers where to find them.
Index
A picture taken with a camera.
Photograph
A visual image of a geographic feature or location.
Map
To find things that are different about two subjects.
Contrast
Information under a photograph that tells more about the picture.
Caption
The story of a person's life, written by someone else.
Biography
The story of a person's life, written by that person.
Autobiography
What the overall idea of a paragraph or a text is about.
Main idea
The reason why something is done.
Purpose
A book in ABC order, that helps you find the spelling and meaning of words.
Dictionary
Bold printed words at the beginning of a section that help you find different ideas written in the text.
Heading
A drawing that shows how something works or a picture with labels.
Diagram
To restate the main points of a text.
Summary
What happens as a result.
Effect
Gives facts and information about a topic.
Expository text.
The parts of a text that stand out (diagram, table of contents, and graphs)
Graphic feature
A list of difficult words and their meanings that are in a book.
Glossary
The reason why something happens.
Cause
Using clues (prior knowledge and text evidence) to figure out what the author is NOT saying.
Inference
Words at the top of a page, in a dictionary or glossary, that help you locate the words you are looking for
Guide words
A list in the beginning of a book that shows where each chapter begins.
Table of Contents
The message, lesson,or moral the author wants you to learn from the story.
Theme
To find things that are the same about two subjects.
Compare
A statement that cannot be proven true because it tells how a person feels about something.
Opinion