Text Features

Where do you find the table of contents?

• In the middle of the book

• At the end of the book

• After the index

• In the beginning of the book

A text Box (shown in blue) is more information located outside the main text.

• True

• False

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

Where would you look in a non-fiction, expository text on World War II, to find when an important battle occurred?

• sidebar or heading

• text or timeline

• any or all of these places

What are the bold words under the picture?

• caption

• heading

• title

Name the print in the red circle:

• bold

• important

• italics

Which text feature is a list at the beginning of the book that tells you the chapters and page numbers?

• Table of Contents

• Subtitles

• Maps

• Index

When a word is bold, underlined, or written in italics the author wants the reader to know that that word is _____________.

• important

• confusing

• complex

• unique

Why might an author include a map in an informational text?

• To show the reader what a country looks like.

• To explain to the reader how to get to a country.

• To show the reader where a country is located.

• To help the reader spell the country's name.