Text Structure
Paragraph organized by a topic followed by many details.
What is main idea and details
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.
What is to underline
Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.
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What is a map
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like.
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What is a photograph
Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information.
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What are sidebars
Paragraph with details organized in order.
What is sequence or chronological
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold
Charts, graphs, pictures, illustrations, diagrams, and maps are this type of feature.
What are graphic features
Features that helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram.
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What are labels
Feature that lists important dates and events in chronological order.
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What is a timeline
Paragraph organized of how details are the same and how they are different.
What is compare and contrast
When the author uses many different shades of the rainbow to make a word stand out.
What is using color
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words in the text.
What is a glossary
Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.
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What are captions
Feature that organizes information into columns or other visual ways to make it easier to understand.
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What is a chart or a graph
Paragraph organized by telling something that's wrong and details of how it's solved.
What is problem/solution
When the words are slanted.
What is italics
Feature that tell the main ideas/topics/chapter titles and what pages they are on.
What is the table of contents
The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section.
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What are chapters or headings
True or False: Text and Graphic features give additional important information about the topic.
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Paragraph organized with details of what happened and why it happened.
What is cause and effect
When a word or phrase has a strip of color over the text.
What is highlight
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of topics in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index
Captions, sidebars, headings, labels are this type of feature.
What are text features
Text and Graphic Features can be found in this genre of reading.
What is nonfiction