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This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
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This text feature lists the chapters and beginning page of the book. It is found in the front of the book.
What is the TABLE OF CONTENTS?
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This is found near the top and tells us who wrote the article
What is AUTHOR?
100
This text feature is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a MAP?
100
This text feature shows information or data in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers.
What is a GRAPH/CHART?
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It is a picture or image taken with a camera that shows how things look in real life. It is not a hand-drawn illustration.
What is a PHOTOGRAPH?
200
This tells you where you are in the text and the quantity of pages
What is a PAGE NUMBER?
200
The phrase or sentence under a picture that explains what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
200
This text feature calls attention to new and important words. They can be slanted, bold, or in a different color than other words in the text, and often are defined.
What are KEYWORDS?
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This text feature separates the heading into parts
What is a SUBHEADING?
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It is a drawing that shows the parts of something, and the parts are labeled.
What is a DIAGRAM?
300
This text feature alphabetically lists words in the back of the book and tells their meaning/definition.
What is a GLOSSARY?
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This text feature helps you by letting you know what chapters are in the book and on what page they each begin.
What is a TABLE OF CONTENTS?
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This is the first section of the text before the first heading and usually contains a thesis statement
What is INTRODUCTION?
300
This text feature is helpful because it indicates how relevant the information in the article is.
What is a THE DATE?
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What type of text is slanted?
What is ITALICS?
400
I use this text feature to find a location. It may be a picture of our country and show where a specific state is.
What is a map?
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I use this text feature to find the definition of a word in the text.
What is a GLOSSARY?
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I use this text feature that is on a cover of a book to give me an idea of what the book is about.
What is a TITLE?
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Double Jeopardy
Name 2 things that text features do to help a reader.
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1. Text features help a reader better understand a text.
2. Text features make it easier for a reader to navigate through a book because you can find things faster.
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This text feature can indicate a change in ideas
What is A HEADING
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I focus on and define these text features to better understand the text
What are KEYWORDS?
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Name one purpose for a heading
Separate the article
Break it into more manageable chunks
Show a change in idea
Give the reader and idea of what is coming up next
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This text feature is located at the back of the book. It lists specific topics lists and all of the page number(s) where you can find those specific topics.
What is an INDEX?
500
These are all things used to help a reader navigate through text easily and better understand the content.
What are TEXT FEATURES?