Informational Text Feautres

What is the purpose of a TITLE?

• Tells the reader the topic of the whole text

• Is a numerical representation of relevant information

• A text feature that makes the text appear darker which indicates emphasis or a vocabulary word

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a MAP?

• A text feature that makes the text appear slanted

• Tells me the main idea of a subsection of text

• Visual text feature that shows a historical or geographical location

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a GRAPH?

• To represent numerical information about a topic to make a point or help the reader visualize information

• To categorize and list information

• Located at the bottom of the page or in the back of the book and provides the reader the definitions of bold words

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a GLOSSARY?

• Located around a picture; tells what the picture is or what it is about

• Located at the bottom of the page or in the back of the book and provides the reader the definitions of bold key words

• Dots that help list certain categories in a text

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a HEADING?

• Emphasize text to make it stand out

• A mini-title that tells you the topic or of a section of text

• Visual representation of numerical information

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of an IMAGE?

• To help the reader visualize information presented in the text

• Visual text feature that shows a historical or geographical location

• Usually located in the back of the text; provides page numbers of key subjects in the book

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the purpose of a CAPTION?

• To give you the main idea

• To provide the reader with information about a picture, such as who, what, when, and where the picture was taken. Usually located under the picture

• To provide the reader with numbers that help them understand scientific information

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Bold and italics are informational text features. True or false?

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which ONE of these is most likely to be a title of informational text?

• "The Peanut Who Couldn't Stop Talking"

• "The Impact of Social Media on Teen Brains"

• "Harry Styles' New Boo?!"

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

Create a title of an imaginary informational text you'd like to read!

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5