Visual Text Features

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

• glossary

• table of contents

• index

• caption

This is an example of a [blank].

• Table of contents page

• glossary

• index page

• title page

Here, we have a [blank].

• map

• diagram

• label

• caption

Which feature, specific to graphics, is shown in this example?

• A photograph

• A map

• A table

• A diagram

Where would you go to find the names of all chapters in a book, and the pages on which each starts?

• The table of contents

• The glossary

• The captions

• The title

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

In a book she's reading, Ms. Flora sees a [blank], or a picture of a plant with different parts labeled.

• Caption

• Diagram

• Table

• Vocabulary word

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!

Nonfiction books never contain text features.

• True

• False

Ms. Kersey doesn't quite understand what is happening in a picture in her book. How can she find an explanation?

• Going to the table of contents

• Looking for a graph

• Reading the caption

• Staring at it until her eyes cross