Understanding Text Features

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What is the purpose of text features like headings and bulleted lists?

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To help a reader find important information

Front

Pages at the back of the book that tell where to find important topics and list the page number are called ______.

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Index

Front

What gives the reader an idea about what will be read in a literary work?

Back

Title

Front

What divides parts of a text into sections and tells the topic of that section?

Back

Subheadings

Front

What text feature identifies the different parts of a diagram?

Back

Label

Front

Which text feature is used to show words that can be found in the glossary or even indicate a subheading?

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Bold text

Front

What is the purpose of a map in a text?

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To show where something is or happened

Front

What are timelines used to display?

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Events in history in chronological order

Front

What do captions do in a text?

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Explain what a picture is about