Print Features
Graphic Features
Using Text Features
Vocabulary
Application
100
print that shows what words are important or what words are found in the glossary
What is bold print?
100
shows what something looks like (taken with a camera)
What is a photograph?
100
found at the beginning of a book, this names the chapters and what page the chapters can be found on
What is the table of contents?
100

gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic

What is a sidebar/fact box?

100

the place you look to figure out when something happened

What is a timeline?

200
slanted print that shows a word is important
What are italics?
200
shows what something looks like (drawn by an artist)
What is an illustration?
200
tells a book's title, author, illustrator, and publisher
What is the title page?
200

often identifies the topic of the text or tells what the text will be about

What is the title?

200

the place you look to find out where something is

What is map?

300
text under a photograph or illustration to explain what it is about
What is a caption?
300
explains information or how something works in a visual way
What is a diagram?
300
tells the definitions of some words found in a text
What is the glossary?
300

these emphasize important ideas and support the reader's understanding of informational text

What are text features?

300

the place you look to find the definition of a word

What is a glossary?

400
words that tell the names of certain parts of a photograph or illustration
What are labels?
400
shows where places/events are located
What is a map?
400
you would look here if you needed to find all the pages that had information about tree frogs in your non fiction book about animals
What is the index?
400

words used in informational text to draw the reader's attention to important or emphasized ideas.

What are print features?

400

the place you find extra or interesting information

What is a text box or sidebar?

500

makes lists easier to read and understand

What are bullets/bullet points?

500

organizes facts and numbers in a visual way so it is easier to read

What is a graph?

500

is used to organize related information

What is the heading?

500

visual aids that appear in a text to help the author convey their message and purpose and support the reader's understanding

What are graphic features?

500

the place you look to find how something works

What is a diagram?