Text Features

Found in the back of the book; helps us find the meaning of words found in the book

• Index

• Glossary

• Table of Contents

• Caption

Found in the back of the book; helps us find where a word or topic is located in the book

• Index

• Glossary

• Text Box

• Table Of Contents

Located in the front of the book; helps us find the subtitles of each chapter in the book and tells us what page each chapter is located

• Glossary

• Caption

• Title

• Table of Contents

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• a title

• captions

• the table of contents

• the glossary

This feature will list the important words in alphabetical order and give you the page number to find the word.

• Index

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Diagram

Cynthia doesn't understand what's going on in a picture in her book. What can she do?

• look in the table of contents

• look for a graph

• read the caption

• stare at it for three minutes

Helps us visualize the ideas we are reading about in the main text

• Photographs & illustrations

• Glossary

• Index

• Text Box

Gives more information related to the main text

• Index

• Glossary

• Text Box

• Caption

Explains a photograph, diagram, or other visual aid

• Table of Contents

• Caption

• Glossary

• Index

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

• Glossary

• Index

• Table of contents

• Caption