Text Features 1
Text Features 2
Text Features 3
Text Features 4
Text Features 5
100
This is at the top of the page and tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
What is a HEADING?
100
This gives the heading/chapter and beginning page of each section of the book. This is at the beginning of the book.
What is the TABLE OF CONTENTS?
100
This is the slanted text that identifies new or important words.
What is ITALICS?
100
What is this?
A map
100
This text feature is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
MAP
200
It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life.
What is a PHOTOGRAPH?
200
This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.
What is an ILLUSTRATION?
200
These are the words next to or under a picture that explain what it is or is about.
What is a CAPTION?
200
It calls attention to new and important words by making them stand out.
What is BOLD PRINT, COLOR, ITALICS or KEYWORDS?
200
This lists keywords alphabetically and gives the page numbers where the words occur in the text.
What is an INDEX?
300
It is a drawing that shows the parts of something.
What is a DIAGRAM?
300
This alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean.
What is a GLOSSARY?
300
Bullets
300
Which text features can I use to locate a topic in a text?
Table of Contents or index
300
Name seven text features.
Answers vary
400
What is this?
A caption
400
This is beneath the heading and tells what that section will be about.
What is SUBHEADING?
400
I see a word in bold print. Where else can I find this word?
Glossary
400
These name the parts of the diagram.
What are labels?
400
These help the reader to understand the information that is in non-fiction texts.
What are TEXT FEATURES?
500
What is this used for?
This gives the heading/chapter and beginning page of each section of the book. This is at the beginning of the book.
500
The words with darker letters are called ___________.
Bold print or bold words
500
This is a symbol that starts a new idea on a new line.
What is a BULLET?
500
It is a picture that shows the location of things or places.
What is a MAP?
500
It shows information, like numbers, in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers. It can be represented by bars or lines.
What is a GRAPH?