Text Features

Group 1

1

Identifies the topic of the text/tells what the text will be about.

Title

2

Explains what a photograph or illustration is about

Caption

3

Organize facts and numbers in a visual was so it is easier to read

Table

4

Shows where places are located

map

5

Makes lists easier to read and understand

Bullet Points

Group 2

1

Shows what something looks like (taken with a camera)

Photograph

2

Organizes and helps compare information in a visual way.

Graph 

3

Tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found

Table of contents

4

Tells the definitions of some of the words found in a text.

Glossary 

5

Gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic

Side bar

Group 3

1

Shows what something looks like (drawn by an artist)

Illustration

2

Tells the names of certain parts of a photograph or illustration. 

Labels

3

Shows what words are important or what words can be found in the glossary

Bold print

4

Tells a book's title, author, illustrator, publisher

Title Page

5

Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about.

Heading