Informational Text Features Flashcards
Quickly find a key term from an alphabetical list.
Glossaries
Helps reader see major parts of the book along with the page numbers.
Table of Contents
Quickly find pages that contain information you are looking for.
Index
Define key terms to find out their meanings in the text
Key/Guide Words
Understand a more detailed or simplified view of information.
Diagram
Organize large amounts of information in a small space.
Graphs/Charts/Tables
Understand where an event happened or how far away an event took place.
Maps
Understand important events in chronological order or time order.
Timeline
Understand information in a visual way or understand a idea from the text that was unclear.
Illustration
Signals the word is important and/or found in the glossary.
Bold Print
Understand the word is important.
Italics
Identifying the topic of the text, understand the main idea of the text, or makes connections between what you already know and the text.
Titles
Identify topics throughout the book/article as they skim and scan or divide the text into sections.
Headings
Navigate through sections of text, understand the main idea of each section of the text, or locate information in the text by telling you where to look.
Subheadings
Understand what is shown in a photo or illustration.
Captions
