Text Features
This part of the book tells you the names of all the chapters and where to find them.
What is the table of contents?
This kind of picture helps you understand what something looks like.
What is a photograph?
“It’s raining cats and dogs!” What kind of language is that?
What is an idiom?
She (run/runs) fast.
What is runs?
“I went to the park and saw a big dog.” What point of view is that?
What is first person?
These are the bold or darker words that stand out on the page.
What are bold words?
This kind of graphic shows you where places are.
What is a map?
“The wind whispered through the trees.” What’s that an example of?
What is personification?
They (was/were) playing outside.
What is were?
“She ran across the field as the sun set.” What point of view is that?
What is third person ?
You can find the meaning of bold words in this part, usually at the end of the book.
What is the glossary?
This shows numbers using bars of different heights.
What is a bar graph?
“Her smile was as bright as the sun.” What is this called?
What is a simile?
The cat (chase/chases) the mouse.
What is chases?
In first person, which word do you often see?
What is I?
This feature tells you what a page or section is mostly about, and it's usually at the top.
What is a heading?
This label tells you what a picture or photo is about.
What is a caption?
“He was a rock during the storm.” This is not literal — what is it?
What is a metaphor?
My friends (like/likes) to play soccer.
What is like?
What is first person ?
A story told by somebody who was present.
This part shows the sources the author used, usually at the very end.
What is the bibliography or references ?
These little pictures show the parts of something with labels.
What is a diagram?
“Boom! Crash! Pop!” What kind of words are those?
What is onomatopoeia?
The dog and the cat (is/are) best friends.
What is are?
What is third person ?
A story told from somebody who wasn't present.