Basic Features of Print

This tells you what the book is about. It includes the title, author, and illustrator.

• title page

• front cover

• glossary

This is the person who writes the WORDS in a book.

• author

• index

• illustrator

This is the person who creates the pictures to go in the book.

• front cover

• glossary

• illustrator

This gives you a preview of what is in a book and shows how the book is organized.

• index

• table of contents

• author

This helps readers know where to find chapters or information they are looking for in a book.

• index

• illustrator

• caption

This is a list of important terms in the book and what they mean.

• heading

• keyword

• glossary

This is a title at the top of a page for a section of the book

• front cover

• heading

• author

These are the words in the text that are important. They may be in bold, italicized, or in color.

• glossary

• caption

• keyword

This is the information underneath a picture that tells more information about the photo.

• caption

• keyword

• heading

Do you understand the basic features of print?

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