Text Features

Using the image above, what is a glossary?

• An alphabetical list of important words and their definitions.

• Tells the name of chapters and what page the chapters can be found.

• A picture labels parts of an object.

• Shows where places/events are located.

The word or words that tell you what a picture is about.

• Text

• Sidebar

• Caption

• Boldface

Type that is printed more darkly than the other words on the page.

• Boldface

• Flow Chart

• Table

• Text

Type that is slanted to one side.

• Boldface

• Graph

• Italics

• Caption

Where can you find the index?

• Back of the book

• Front of the book

• This is not a text feature

• Middle of the book

Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture of diagram.

• Illustrations

• Captions

• Glossary

• Chart

What do you call the main writing on a page?

• Italic

• Boldface

• Caption

• Text

A [blank] provides information about an illustration or photograph.

• glossary

• table of contents

• index

• caption

Where will you find your first clue about the major topic or main idea of a specific chapter or section in a text?

• The glossary

• The title

• The caption

• The table of contents

If a word is in bold, italics, or underlined, it might be [blank].

• a less important detail

• information to be skipped over

• spelled correctly

• a new word to learn & found in the glossary!