Text Feature

Ways to show important words in a text

• Bold/Italic Print

• Caption

• Maps

• Diagram

Tells you what page to find specific information or key words in a book in alphabetical order

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

• Index

• Title

Important words and their definitions found in the back of the book

• Glossary

• Index

• Table of Contents

• Timeline

Lists topics and beginning page numbers in the beginning of a book

• Table of Contents

• Index

• Label

• Subheading

Organizes a text into mini topics

• Caption

• Maps

• Index

• Subheading

True or false?

Feature Articles are usually timeless they are just as acceptable for publication this week or

next month.

• True

• False

What is a Table of Contents? 

• List of topics in the text

• Lists topics in the text with page numbers

• Shows page numbers

What does a caption in a non-fiction text help you do? 

• Better understand the picture or graph

• Define words

• Lets you know what you are about to read

What is a glossary?

• Explains a picture 

• Shows you pictures from the book

• Helps to define words that are in the text

What is the purpose of a heading?

• To let the reader know what they are about to learn

• To give a title to the text