Text Features
Help students understand non-fiction text.
What is TEXT FEATURES?
Tells the reader the topic/main idea of the text.
What is TITLE?
Give information in a visual way.
What is PICTURE?
The style and color of the _______ sends the reader signals about how to read the content.
What is TEXT?
Shows important events in the order that they happened.
What is TIMELINE/SEQUENCE
Which is not a TEXT FEATURE:
Pictures, Setting, Subheadings, Maps, Charts
What is SETTING?
Divides the text into sections.
What is a SUBHEADING?
Explains what is shown in a picture or illustration.
What is CAPTION?
Two ways to change the look of text to make it more noticeable.
What is BOLD and ITALICS?
Shows you exactly what something looks like.
What is PICTURE?
The author organizes ideas by listing them using symbols.
What is BULLET LIST?
Helps the reader to locate information in the text by telling them where to look.
What is a SUBHEADING?
Drawings that show the basic shape of the land and other geographical locations.
What is a map?
Text written in slanted writing.
What is ITALICS?
An illustration that using labels to identify various parts of the drawing.
What is DIAGRAM?
The main idea of a section of text.
What is a SUBHEADING?
A drawing that shows or explains how something works.
What is a DIAGRAM?
Why does the author write text in darker ink?
What is TO MAKE TEXT STAND OUT?
Text features are used to help the reader locate what?
What is IMPORTANT information.
The main idea of a newspaper article titled "Bank robbery suspect arrested."
What is a bank robber?
Organize factual information, statistics, or data.
What is a CHART?
Make text slightly bigger and darker so that it stands out.
What is BOLD?