Text Features Flocabulary

Juan is writing a report on lions. He finds a book titled “Animals of Africa” He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word “Lions Rule” in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the words "Women's Work” and "Lions' Playschool" in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan’s book ________.

• had no text features

• had a diagram but no other text features

• had the table of contents only

• had a heading and subheading

Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in one chapter of a text?

• the heading

• the caption

• the glossary

• the table of contents

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

• a less important detail

• spelled incorrectly

• information you should skip

• a new term to learn

All the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text are called...

• text features

• labeled diagrams

• detailed graphs

What text feature is this a picture of?

• a graph

• a timeline

• a sidebar

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

BOLD print, Italics, and underlining are used to show important words in the passage

• print variations

• insert

• captions

• illustrations

Which text feature helps you find the meaning of a word in a text?

• A) Index

• B) Glossary

• C) Table of Contents

• D) Heading

What is the purpose of a caption in a text?

• A) To provide a summary of the text

• B) To explain an image or diagram

• C) To list the chapters

• D) To define a term

If you want to know what a section of a book is about before reading it, which text feature should you look at?

• A) The index

• B) The heading

• C) The glossary

• D) The bibliography