Name That Text Feature
Explain That Text Feature
Name That Text Feature 2
Using Text Features
100

Tells you what the book or chapter will be about 

Title 

100

Table of Contents

Tells us what page to find specific information or chapters 

100


Table of Contents 

100

How do headings help the reader? 

They tell what the section is about. 

200

Tells us they are words to know and that they are very important

Bold Words 

200

Gives us a snapshot of what the book is telling us 

Picture 

200

Where is the caption?


'Polar bears in the world'

200

What is the heading of this page?


What is a shark?

300

Show us WHERE things are

Map 

300

Describes Pictures 

Captions 

300

What is this?


Map 

300

How do the labels help us understand the diagram?

They tell us the name of each part of a volcano. 
400

Gives us the definition of bold words 

Glossary 

400

Tells us what each specific section will be about 

Heading 

400

Where can you find definitions of important words?

Glossary 

400

How to photographs help the reader? 

They show exactly what an object looks like. 

500

Explains parts of a diagram 

Labels 

500

Tells us where to find certain words

Index 

500

What is this book about?

How do you know?


What animals build...

Because architects build things. 

500

How do captions help a reader? 

It explains what is happening in a photograph.