Headings & Subheadings
These serve as titles for sections within a text, providing an overview of the content in that section.
What are headings?
Text located near an image that provides a brief explanation of what the image shows.
What is a caption?
A drawing that explains or clarifies a concept or idea.
What is a diagram?
Found at the end of a book, this lists key terms and often includes definitions.
What is a glossary?
A grid that organizes data into rows and columns.
What is a table?
Located below headings, these divide sections further into specific topics.
What are subheadings?
Short lines or words that describe art elements, graphs, or diagrams.
What are labels?
A chart type that uses rectangular bars to show the frequency of data items in equal intervals.
What is a bar graph?
Also located at the end, this provides page numbers where specific topics can be found.
What is an index?
Often used to show trends over time, this chart type uses points connected by straight lines.
What is a line graph?
Authors might use this text feature to help readers quickly find information about a specific topic or name within a long document.
What is a table of contents?
This feature offers detailed information about an image, often including who took the photo or where it was sourced from.
What is a photo credit?
A graphical tool using circles to show how different sets or categories overlap.
What is a Venn diagram?
When comparing a glossary to this component, the latter provides a more comprehensive, alphabetized list including cross-references.
What is a dictionary?
A circular chart divided into sectors to illustrate numerical proportions.
What is a pie chart?
This type of heading appears at the top of each page and often aligns with the thematic element of that page's content.
What are running heads?
These succinct text elements are used to identify parts of a diagram component.
What are map labels?
This visual organizer uses nodes and connecting lines to represent relationships among concepts.
What is a concept map?
This combines an alphabetical listing of subjects with page references, but without definitions.
What are indexing terms?
This kind of chart is often used in surveys to show response distribution across different categories.
What is a histogram?
This type of heading visually distinguishes different levels of importance within a text, often utilizing different fonts or sizes.
What is a hierarchy?
This kind of label is used in scientific diagrams to point out and describe processes or components systematically.
What is an annotation?
A diagram used to depict the steps of a process or chronological events.
What is a flowchart?
This type of index references related concepts through terms, allowing detailed research and study.
What is a concordance?
These are effective for comparing multiple variables visually, often stacking bars or lines for comparative analysis.
What are stacked bar charts?