Text Features Vocabulary

Used to show a topic for a section of text.

• heading

• text feature

• index

Tags

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

Used to show what the paragraph or short section is about.

• subheading

• glossary

• table of contents

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

Additional text or graphic that goes along with a main body of text.

• sidebar

• label

• glossary

Tells when specific events happened in time.

• timeline

• sidebar

• glossary

Located near a photo, illustration, or any kind of visual that helps to explain to the reader the visual.

• caption

• subheading

• sidebar

Helps the reader identify a picture and its parts.

• label

• index

• sidebar

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

A list of topics and names in the text with page numbers.

• index

• glossary

• heading

Parts of a book that help the reader to understand or locate information.

• text features

• glossary

• subheading

Tags

CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.L.3.4D

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

A list of the major sections of a text.

• table of contents

• index

• glossary

A list of words and their definitions.

• index

• glossary

• table of contents