Text Features

Usually found at the end of a passage or the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture of diagram.

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

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

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Noun: short news story or graphic that elaborates on a detail in the main text and is set apart on the side or bottom

• caption
• Text Features
• sidebar
• illustrate

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This feature will list the important words in alphabetical order and give you the page number to find the word.

• Index
• Table of contents
• Glossary
• Diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

•   Glossary
• Index
• Table of contents
• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This is an example of a ___________?

• Index
• Table of contents
• Chart/Graph
• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5