Understanding Text Features

This image is an example of...

• A title

• A map

• A graph

• A chicken

This informational text feature can be used to find where specific words, people, or topics are mentioned in the text.

• The index

• The title

• The pictures

• The glossary

Graphs, charts, pictures, captions, and diagrams are examples of_____________________?

• Graphics

• Text Features

• Examples

• Quotes

Authors text features, examples, and anecdotes to _________________________ key information.

• Compare

• Introduce

• Underline

• Distinguish

Sometimes in informational text, authors use ___________________, or short stories to explain key information.

• Anecdotes

• Compare & Contrast

• Inferences

• Commas

What are some of the key words to determine the text structure description?

• For example

• Consequently

• However

• Resolution

What are some of the key words to determine the text structure: chronological?

• However

• Since

• In addition

• Next, then, last

A _____ tells the reader specific information in relation to a photograph or illustration within a text

• Bold & Italicized words

• Sub heading

• Caption

• Glossary

This is an example of

• Table

• Graph

• Illustration

• Caption

A ____ provides information such as numbers in a logical way.

• Table

• Photograph

• Illustration

• Diagram