Middle School Text Features

Which text feature helps you locate different categories in the text?

• diagram
• photo with caption
• title
• map

Which text feature helps you understand where things are in the world?

• diagram
• photo with caption
• title
• map

Which text feature helps you understand a more detailed or simplified view of information?

• diagram
• photo with caption
• title
• map

Which text feature helps you see what you are reading about and understand what you are looking at?

• diagram
• photo with caption
• title
• map

Which text feature helps you identify key topics in the book and the order in which they are presented?

• footnote
• sidebar/text box
• Table of Contents
• glossary

Which text feature helps you explain a word/phrase or gives more information about something in the text? Also, uses small numbers to show its location.

• footnote
• sidebar/text box
• Table of Contents
• glossary

Which text feature helps you define words contained in the text?

• footnote
• sidebar/text box
• Table of Contents
• glossary

Which text feature helps you gather additional information about the topic?

• footnote
• sidebar/text box
• Table of Contents
• glossary

Which text feature signals that a word/words are important?

• bold words
• sidebar
• index
• glossary

Which text feature defines words contained in the text?

• bold words
• map
• index
• glossary