Text Features Practice

Identifies what the text will be about

• Table of Contents

• Title/Heading

• Glossary

• Illustrations

• title

• label

• subheading

• caption

• title

• special print

• sidebar

• caption

Gives the definitions of some of the words in the text

• glossary

• table of contents

• captions

• map

explains what each section of text is about

• title

• subheadings

• caption

• glossary

a text box that provides additional or more in-depth information

• subheading

• glossary

• sidebar

• labels

• glossary

• label

• caption

• sidebar

What text feature is being displayed in the photo?

• sidebar

• graph/chart

• bold print

• subheading

What is the purpose of a caption?

• It provides random fun facts about the article.

• It explains what is happening in the picture.

• It is just filler to take up space under the photo.

• It helps the reader get to know more about the author.

What is the function of a subheading?

• It represents and shows data about a topic mentioned in the text.

• It indicates the topic and/or main idea of the entire text.

• It is a box of information set apart from the main text that elaborates about a detail mentioned in the text.

• It helps the reader identify the main idea for a section of text.