Informational Text Features

How do captions help us understand pictures/photos?

• describe and explain the illustrations
• they tell the title
• tell the meaning

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What is the purpose of a diagram?

• to show a picture
• to show the parts of something on an illustration
• to list facts

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What is a heading?

• the meaning of an important word 
• a kind of summary
• a feature that tells the reader what the section is about 

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Why are some words typed using bold print? 

• darker print shows how to use the word in a sentence
• darker print tells about the illustrations
• darker print emphasizes important words 

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How does a subheading help the reader?

• it summarizes the main idea of the text
• it helps 'chunk' the text into a smaller parts to understand the big idea in the heading 
• it explains the illustrations

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What kind of information does the index show?

• an alphabetical -a-b-c- order list of important topics and the page number where they are located  
• the titles of the topics in the informational book 
• the meaning of important words and the page number to find the words

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How does a glossary help us better understand informational texts?

• listing important words in alphabetical order to find new words
• it lists important words and explains the meaning of expert terms  
• it summarizes main ideas and supporting details about the topic

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What kind of information do I find in a table of contents?

• A list of the different topics and the page number where we can find them
• a list of subheadings and important words in alphabetical order
• a list of facts about a topic

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What is the purpose of a fact box?

• to tell the main idea of the heading
• to give additional information about the topic
• to explain the meaning of an important word

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Why is some information listed as bullet points?

• to list the materials to make something 
• to help the reader remember the meaning of important words 
• to organize important information in a summarized list

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