Text Features 1
Words typed in a darker color to show their importance.
What are bolded words?
A word or short phrase that tells the topic or main idea of a section.
What is a heading?
Problem and Solution
A second heading used to divide the subject into more specific subcategories.
What is a subheading?
Ellipsis
Words underneath or beside an illustration or photo that explains what it is about.
What is a caption?
An artist's drawing that shows what something in the text looks like.
What is an illustration?
Compare and Contrast
Tells the name of certain parts of the photograph, illustration, or diagram.
What are labels?
Where should the comma go in the following sentence:
Mrs. Booker our favorite English teacher cannot stand when we say 6/7.
Between Booker and our & teacher and cannot.
Mrs. Booker, our favorite English teacher, cannot stand when we say 6/7.
a drawing or picture that shows parts of something or explains how it works.
What is a diagram?
An alphabetical list of topics in the text, located at the end of the book.
What is an index?
I am a detective. I am trying to follow my suspect and keep a detailed account of his actions. What type of text structure should I use for my notes on the suspects activity.
Description or Sequence
Used to organize information into lists.
What are bullets?
When should you use a dash in your writing?
to indicate a change in thought, add emphasis, or connect ideas.
A list of important words and their definitions found at the end of a text.
What is a glossary?
A kind of text that uses slanted letters to make important words stand out.
What is italics?
What is the function of an introduction paragraph?
To give background and the main idea of the text.
A picture or symbol that stands for something.
What is an icon?
This punctuation is used to separate items in a list.
A visual way to show and compare information.
What is a graph?
A drawing that shows an area of the Earth and its features or where things are located.
What is a map?
Mrs. Booker keeps a daily agenda board either on her smartboard or on the front whiteboard. Her Agena is written in which text structure type?
Chronological or Sequence
The first page inside the book that tells the title, author, and publisher information.
What is the title page?
Use a comma, a dash and an ellipsis to correctly punctuate this sentence. You must use all three:
I wanted to go to the party but after thinking it over I decided to stay home instead.
I wanted to go to the party, but—after thinking it over...—I decided to stay home instead.