Text Features Flashcards
Authors include this to help the reader better understand what they have read. This provide information that may not be written in the text itself. This can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.
Text Features
Lists the major parts of a book along with their page numbers. It outlines the main topics or main points. Readers can use the table of contents to help locate information in the book and see how everything is organized.
Table of Contents
It is an alphabetical listing of the key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers. Readers use the index to help find pages that contain information they are looking for.
Index
A list of key terms in alphabetical order. Each key word is defined. Sometimes, a glossary also tells you how to pronounce a word. Readers use this to look up key terms to find out their meaning.
Glossary
It tells the reader the topic of the text. This shows the main idea of the text. This help the reader by letting them know what they are about to read. This focuses the reader on a topic so they can make connections.
Titles
This divides the text into sections. It tells the main idea of each section of text. They are printed in large or bold type to make them stand out. It helps the reader to locate information in the text by telling them where to look.
Subheadings
The style and color of the text signals about how to read the content. Keywords to notice are in bold or in color. Text in italics is used in picture captions, book titles, and any other element that needs to stand out.
Text
This gives information in a visual way. They help tell the story. They work with the words and headings to help teach material. They help the reader understand an idea.
Photographs or Illustrations
It explains what is shown in a picture or illustration. This helps the reader understand information that may or may not be in the text.
Captions
It provides more information than is in the text about a topic. It can include interesting facts or important information the author wants the reader to know. This helps readers understand by creating interest or emphasizing important information.
Textbox
This are drawings that show the basic shape of the land and other geographical, political, or historical features. They present information in a visual form. They help the reader understand where an event happens.
Maps
It is a drawing that shows or explains something. To understand a diagram, the reader should read the titles, labels, captions, and numbered parts. This helps the reader understand steps, how objects are made, or information in the text.
Diagrams
