Text Features

What is one purpose of a heading?

• To let the reader know what the section is about

• To have something to put on your shoulders

• To show where something is located in the world

• To show what something actual looks like

What is the purpose of a map?

• To let the reader know what the section is about

• To compare two sets of numbers

• To show where something is located in the world

• To show what something actual looks like

What is the purpose of an image or photograph?

• To make things look fancy

• To show what something exactly looks like

• To show where something is located in the world

• So the caption has somewhere to go

What is the purpose of a caption?

• To explain or describe an image

• To have something to put on your head-tion

• To compare two sets of data

• To define words

What is the purpose of a subheading?

• To break a larger section into smaller sections

• To give more detailed information about something mentioned in the main text

• To learn the definitions of unfamiliar words

• To show what something actual looks like

Which of these text features is most likely going to be at the front of the text?

• glossary

• index

• sidebar

• table of contents

Which of these text features is most likely going to be at the end of the text?

• captions

• sidebar

• glossary

• table of contents

This text feature has an alphabetical list of topics and the page number to find them. It's located at the back of a book.

• table of contents

• chart

• index

• glossary

This feature list topics in the order they are found in the book, and gives you the page number to find the information. Found in the front of the book.

• table of contents

• chart

• index

• glossary

What is the purpose of charts and graphs?

• to show where something is located in the world

• to show how something works

• to make information with numbers easier to read

• to make math more complicated