Text Features

If an author wanted specific words in a text to stand out to a reader, what text feature could they use?

• photographs

• bold words

• headings

• graph or map

What are illustrations?

• helps the reader see important events in order

• a photograph showing what something looks like

• important words in the story

• a drawing showing what something looks like

Found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic

• Glossary

• Photographs

• Index

• Maps

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

Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world

• Illustrations

• Glossary

• Index

• Maps

Added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams

• Illustrations

• subheadings

• special print

• labels

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

•   Glossary

• Index

• Table of contents

• Caption

This is an example of ____________ text feature? 

• Index

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Diagram

What is the purpose of these subheadings?

• To help the reader understand the author’s opinion 

• To help the reader visualize the information 

• To help the reader find the main ideas in each section
  

• To help the reader place events in order 

Index

• Allows the reader to look up a topic or subject and find the page number where that subject can be found

• tells the reader where to find the beginning of a chapter

• provides a way to see the end of something

• feature that grabs the reader's attention