Reading Informational Text

Usually found at the end of a passage or the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

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

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

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

Photos or pictures used to help the reader visualize something in the  passage

• Index
• photographs
• Index
• Labels

Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world

• Illustrations
• Glossary
• Index
• Maps

Added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams

• Illustrations
• subheadings
• special print
• labels

Found at the beginning of sections in a passage- help the reader know what different sections of the text are about

• subtitles & headings
• labels
• special print
• Illustrations

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

•   Glossary
• Index
• Table of contents
• Caption

This is an example of ____________ text feature? 

• Index
• Table of contents
• Glossary
• Diagram

What is the difference between an index and a glossary?

• There is no difference
• A glossary shows what page a word can be found on. The index tells the definition of the word.
• The glossary shows a picture with a caption.
• The glossary shows the meaning of a word and the index shows what page to find a word on.