list the major parts of a book, outlines the main topics, helps the reader locate information
What is a table of contents?
100
the style and color of the text sends the reader alert signals about how to read the content, draws the readers attention to certain pieces of text
What is bold, color, & italics?
100
attaching human traits and characteristics to ananimate objects, phenomena, and animals, examples are
1.The stars danced playfully in the moonlit sky.
2.The run down house appeared depressed.
3.The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
What is personification?
100
shows events in chronological order, helps the reader understand the order of the events and how one event led to another
What is a timeline?
200
The life story of someone written by another
person
What is biography?
200
alphabetical listing of names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers
What is the index?
200
illustrate the text in a visual way, assist in telling the story, help the reader better understand the text
What are photographs and illustrations?
200
comparing two unrelated things, people, beings, places and concepts, using the words "such as", "as", or "like"
What is a simile?
200
organizes large amount of information, presents all kinds of data to include numbers, list, dates, etc. they help the reader make comparisons to the text
What are graphs or tables?
300
Small in length
– Focus on the facts of a subject
– Express an author’s bias their strong opinions on a topic
Found in newspapers, journals, and
encyclopedias
– Attract readers looking for facts
What are articles?
300
list of key terms in alphabetical order with the definition, sometimes it helps tell how to pronounce a word
What is the glossary?
300
explains what is represented in a visual illustration, helps the reader make a connection to the text
What is a caption?
300
•I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
•“It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
•I had to walk 15 miles to school in the snow, uphill.
all of these are examples of
What is a hyperbole?
300
little pictures found on computer desktops and websites
What are icons?
400
What the author thinks and feels about his/her
subject. Identifying an author’s viewpoint is important
because the reader can help you understand why the author is interested in the subject
Understand what the author thinks about the topic
Understand what the author may want the reader to think
What is author's perspective?
400
tells the reader the topic of the text, tells the main idea of the text, gives the reader a reading focus
What are titles?
400
contains interesting and important information that the author wants you to know, it supplements the text
What is a textbox?
400
two lines of poetry that are usually the same length and usually rhyme
What is a couplet?
400
menu or list about a topic; scroll down to see the wanted topic
What is a drop down menu?
500
Conveys a real experience
What is narrative writing?
500
divide the text into sections, tells the main idea of each section, helps organize the information
What are subheadings?
500
drawings that show basic shapes of land and other geographical, political, or historic features, helps the reader understand where an event occurred
What are maps?
500
poetry that has no fixed pattern, lines do not have to rhyme but they can, is not written to a poetic formula