Text Features Review

Text Features 1

100

True or False: Text features provide information that may or may not by written in the text.

true

200

True or false: Text features can be found in textbooks, articles, webpages, magazine articles, newspapers, and other forms of nonfiction text.

true

300

this divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about

heading

400

this shows what words are important or what words can be found in the glossary

bold print

500

this shows that a word is important

italics

Text Features 2

100

this identifies the topic of the text and tells what the text will be about

title

200

this tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found on

table of contents

300

this tells the definition of some of the words found in the text

glossary

400

this tells a book's title, author, illustrator, and publisher

title page

500

this tells what pages the reader can find certain topics

index

Text Features 3

100

this shows where places and/or events are located

map

200

this shows what something looks like (taken with a camera)

photograph

300

this shows what something looks like (drawn by an artist)

illustration

400

this makes lists easier to read and understand

bullet points

500

this gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic

fact box/sidebar

Text Features 4

100

this explains information or how something works in a visual way

diagram

200

this tells the name of certain parts of a photograph or an illustration

labels

300

this explains what a photograph or illustration is about

caption

400

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

graph

500

this organizes and helps compare information in a visual way

table

Examples

100

This is an example of what?

The chair is broken.

bold print

200

This is an example of what?

The desk is locked.

italics

300

This is an example of what?

The picture above shows the school as it looks in winter. 

 caption

400

This is an example of what?

Chapter 1: How it Started, page 2

Chapter 2: Problems Along the Way, page 14

Chapter 3: Surprises from Far Away, page 29

Chapter 4: Who Won?, page 38

table of contents

500

This is an example of what?

adjective: a word that describes a noun or a pronoun

fragment: a group of words that is written out as a sentence but that lacks a subject or verb

noun: a word that is the name of something (such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action)

sentence: a group of words that expresses a statement, question, command, or wish

verb: a word (such as jump, think, happen, or exist) that is usually one of the main parts of a sentence and that expresses an action

glossary