Name this Text Feature
This is usually the first text feature a reader notices when he or she picks up a text.
What is the title?
"A flamingo's feathers are usually pinkish red. They also have pink legs and a pink and white bill with a black tip."
What is description?
Domain = Ancient Egypt
"Great cities grew along the Nile."
What is the Nile?
These words are darkened so that they stand out. They may add to a reader's understanding of a text or may be challenging new vocabulary for a reader to learn.
What are bolded words?
"The women of colonial times wore different clothes than women do today. Their clothing would be considered uncomfortable, hot, and impractical today."
What is compare and contrast?
Domain = Renaissance
"A big part of the Renaissance was a cultural movement called humanism. Humanism was a philosophy that all people should strive to be educated and learned in the classical arts, literature, and science."
What is humanism?
This common text feature usually appears beneath an image and explains that image.
What is a caption?
"Mining can directly destroy the land, producing large holes in the ground and causing erosion. It can also release toxic chemicals into the air and soil."
What is cause and effect?
Domain = Atoms
"The quark is a really small particle that makes up neutrons and protons. Quarks are nearly impossible to detect and it's only recently that scientists figured out they existed. They were discovered in 1964 by Murray Gell-Mann."
What are quarks, particles, neutrons, and protons?
"Powerful and Sacred," "Truly Safe," and "Highly Intelligent" are all examples of this text feature.
What are headings?
"After graduating from high school, Amelia wasn't sure what she wanted to do. She first went to the Ogontz School in Pennsylvania, but dropped out to become a nurse's aide tending wounded soldiers from World War I. Then she studied to become a mechanic, but soon was back in school studying for a career in medicine."
What is sequence and order?
Domain = Colonial America
"When the Pilgrims arrived in New England, they decided they needed to make an agreement on how issues would be settled."
What are the Pilgrims?
This text feature, "All About Grizzlies," appears half-way through the "Bear Attacks that Changed America" article.
What is a sidebar?
"Not everyone is successful preparing to study for a quiz. The trick is to study a little each night, so you don't get overwhelmed the night before the assessment."
What is problem and solution?
Domain = Baseball
"Some players are good at hitting home runs while others are experts at fielding. It's this combination of skills that make the game complex and interesting."
What are home runs and fielding?