Text Features

If a word is in bold, italics, or underlined, it might be _______.

• less important detail

• spelled correctly

• information you should skip

• a new word to learn

Found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic

• Glossary

• Photographs

• Index

• Maps

Where would you go to find the names of all chapters in a book, and the pages on which each starts?

• The table of contents

• The glossary

• The captions

• The title

Ms. Kersey doesn't quite understand what is happening in a picture in her book. How can she find an explanation?

• Going to the table of contents

• Looking for a graph

• Reading the caption

• Staring at it until her eyes cross

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a title

• captions

• the table of contents

• the glossary

Found in the back of the book; helps us find the meaning of words found in the book

• Index

• Glossary

• Table of Contents

• Caption

Found in the back of the book; helps us find where a word or topic is located in the book

• Index

• Glossary

• Text Box

• Table Of Contents

Located in the front of the book; helps us find the subtitles of each chapter in the book and tells us what page each chapter is located

• Glossary

• Caption

• Title

• Table of Contents

Helps us visualize the ideas we are reading about in the main text

• Photographs & illustrations

• Glossary

• Index

• Text Box

This feature will list the important words in alphabetical order and give you the page number to find the word.

• Index

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Diagram