Text Features

This feature informs the reader of important words/vocabulary found within the paragraph.

• Glossary
• Bold words
• Captions
• Table of contents

This feature is added to help provide more information about photographs, illustrations, or diagrams.

• Illustrations
• subheadings
• special print
• labels

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

• Glossary
• Photographs
• Index
• Maps

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

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

Often found at the end of the text as a summary of the person's life events- helps the reader see dates and events in chronological order

• Labels
• Illustrations
• Timeline
• Captions

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

• Illustrations
• Captions
• Glossary
• Chart

Tells the reader what the section of the reading is about.

• Index

• Caption

• Heading

• Glossary

What is this text feature?

• Timeline
• Graph
• Map
• Chart

What is this text feature?

• Diagram
• Map
• Timeline
• Chart

A city planner wants to identify a trend in new home construction in the closest suburbs. He wants to track building over ten years. What text feature will he use to show his results?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions