What is this text feature?
A Heading: important to know what I'm going to learn about on that page
What text feature is this?
A caption: a small explanation of the picture of which I am looking
What is this text feature?
Maps: Help us figure out where in the world this is happening
What is this text feature?
A Glossary: Gives a "definition"/ meaning to the words that may be unknown - tells us what words mean
What text feature is this?
An Index: Lists items I might want to find within the text - tells me which page to find it on
What text feature is this?
label: A quick word to help identify what is in the picture - what am I looking at?
What text feature is this?
A Diagram - Explains the parts of the picture by identifying or pointing out important (key) parts
What text feature is this?
Bold print - The author wants us to pay attention to this new vocabulary or important information
What is this text feature?
Table of Contents: tells the headings and their page numbers
What Text feature is this?
Timeline: helps determine when things happened and in what order. When people were born, what happened, when they died
What is this text feature?
Sub Headings - Breakdown of parts of the heading
For Example: Hamsters... What they eat
What is this text feature?
A Graph: a picture that can help compare information to other information
What text feature is this?
Picture graph: Uses things you know to make reading the graph easier
What text feature would you use to try to get someone to understand what a Teddy looks like?
picture
What text feature would you need to explain what the words in the text mean?
The Glossary
