Text Organization

additions to a text that provide more information or organization.

• text features

• photograph

• text structures

• caption

name of an article, book, or other literary work or document.

• illustration

• text section

• title

• table of contents

outline of chapters or sections and their page numbers.

• subheading

• glossary

• meaning

• table of contents

title of a section of text that introduces its topic.

• chronological

• subheading

• purpose

• title

picture taken with a camera that reflects its subject exactly.

• illustration

• glossary

• photograph

• caption

drawing used to emphasize part of a text or add interest.

• illustration

• photograph

• captions

• meaning

explanation added to another text feature.

• title

• special formatting

• chart/graph

• caption

visual representation of data.

• footnote

• subheading

• chart/graph

• special formatting

note at the bottom of the page that provides more information.

• illustration

• text features

• glossary

• footnote

alphabetized list of terms with definitions at the end of a text.

• special formatting

• glossary

• table of contents

• purpose