Text Feature Vocabulary

Front

What is a map?

Back

A picture showing different regions of the Earth.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

Front

What is a caption?

Back

Text located next to a photograph that explains what is shown.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What is a diagram?

Back

A picture with captions or labels showing steps or stages.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What is a subtitle?

Back

A secondary title or heading that divides sections of a text.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Front

What are italics?

Back

Slanted text found in the main body of text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

What is a globe?

Back

A three-dimensional representation of the Earth.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

Front

What is a label?

Back

Text that identifies or describes an object in a diagram or image.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

Front

What is a table?

Back

A way to organize data in rows and columns.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.3.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Front

What is a timeline?

Back

A visual representation of events in chronological order.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

Front

What is a title?

Back

The main heading of a text that indicates its subject.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.W.4.2D

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.RI.3.4