Text Features & Persuasive Techniques

Front

Usually found at the end of a passage or the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.

Back

Glossary

Front

Found under pictures, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand the picture or diagram.

Back

Captions

Front

Found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic

Back

Index

Front

Photos or pictures used to help the reader visualize something in the passage

Back

photographs

Front

Helps the readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world

Back

Maps

Front

What is added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams?

Back

labels

Front

Vocabulary word that helps the reader learn about other important ideas that go along with the topic or main idea of a passage.

Back

Chart

Front

What helps the reader know what different sections of the text are about?

Back

subtitles & headings

Front

This term means an appeal to emotion.

Back

pathos

Front

An advertisement that tries to get you to see the company as reliable, honest, and credible uses which appeal?

Back

ethos