Text features/Text Structures

Helps you define words that are in the book

• Glossary

• Graphics

• Index

• Lables

Charts, graphs, or cutaways are used to help you understand what the author is trying to tell you

• Special Print

• Graphics

• Subtitles

• Table Of Contents

Help you to know exactly what something looks like

• Illustrations/Photographs

• Index

• Glossary

• Table Of Contents

This is an alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells you what page the idea is on.

• Index

• Labels

• Maps

• Special Print

These help you identify a picture or a photograph and its parts

• Labels

• Glassary

• Maps

• Subtitles

These help you to understand where places are in the world

• Maps

• Index

• Labels

• Table Of Contents

When a word is bold, in italics, or underlined, it is an important word for you to know

• Special Print

• Table Of Contents

• Graphics

• Index

These headings help you to know what the next section will be about

• Subtitles

• Maps

• Glossary

• Grapics

Helps you identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented

• Table Of Contents

• Glossary

• Illustrations/Photographs

• Index

The author will describe a person, place, thing, or event by listing its important features and/or characteristics.

• Description

• Cause and Effect

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast