Informational Text Features Flashcards
Glossaries
Quickly find a key term from an alphabetical list.
Table of Contents
See major parts of the book along with page numbers.
Locate information and see main topics or main points.
Index/Indices
Quickly find pages that contain information you are looking for.
Key/Guide words
Define key terms to find out their meaning in the text.
Better learn and understand the subject.
Diagram
Understand a more detailed or simplified view of information.
Understand steps, how objects are made, or information in the text.
Graphs/ Charts/Tables
Organize large amounts of information in a small space.
Understand relationships among and between information.
Summarize and compare information.
Maps
Understand where an event happens. Understand how far away an event took place.
Timeline
Understand important events in chronological order or time order.
Understand the order of events and how one event may have lead to another.
Illustration
Understand information in a visual way. Understand the story.
Understand an idea from the text that was unclear.
Bold print
By signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary.
Italics
Understand the word is important.
Titles
Identify the topic of the text.
Understand the main idea of the text.
Make connections between what you already know and the text.
Headings
Identify topics throughout the book/article as they skim and scan.
Divide the text into sections.
Subheadings
Navigate through sections of text.
Understand the main idea of each section of the text.
Locate information in the text by telling you where to look.
Captions
Understand what is shown in a photo or illustration.
Understand information that may or may not be in the text.
