Text Features

BOLD print, Italics, and underlining are used to show important words in the passage

• Special print
• insert
• captions
• illustrations

extra information that gives ideas that go along with the topic of a passage

• labels
• timeline
• special print
• insert

Often found at the end of the text as a summary of the person's life events- helps the reader see dates and events in chronological order

• Labels
• Illustrations
• Timeline
• Captions

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Found at the beginning of sections in a passage- help the reader know what different sections of the text are about

• subtitles & headings
• labels
• special print
• Illustrations

Added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams

• Illustrations
• subheadings
• special print
• labels

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world

• Illustrations
• Glossary
• Index
• Maps

Photos or pictures used to help the reader visualize something in the  passage

• Index
• photographs
• Index
• Labels

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic

• Glossary
• Photographs
• Index
• Maps

Found throughout the reading passage- help the reader better understand the information with a VISUAL image

• Charts, Graphs, or Cutaways
• Index
• photographs
• Maps

Found through out the reading passage- Drawings or sketches used to help the reader visualize something

• Illustrations
• Index
• Glossary
• Graphics