Text Features

____________ help the readers make sense of what they are reading.

• Text features

• Plagiarism

• Text citations

• Vocabulary

The _____ identifies what the topic of an article or book will be about.

• Subheading

• Glossary

• Title

• Photograph

Bold and Italicized words are important because

• They show us what words are important to the text

• They create visual appeal within an article or story

• They are the topics found in the table of contents

• They tell us what the photographs and illustrations are about

A _____ tells the reader specific information in relation to a photograph or illustration within a text

• Bold & Italicized words

• Sub heading

• Caption

• Glossary

The _____ divides a text into sections and explains what each section will be about.

• Title

• Heading

• Subheading

• Photograph

What kind of book contains text features?

• fiction

• Non fiction

What is the purpose of previewing text features?

• I don't need to preview text features.

• To better understand the text.

What is the purpose of a sidebar?

• To explain a photograph.

• To tell you the name of the text.

• To give the reader more information that is not in the text?

• To name parts of a picture.

This is an example of _______________.

• a table of contents page

• an index page

• a glossary

• a title page

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

• a less important detail

• spelled correctly

• information you should skip

• a new word to learn