Text Features

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What are text features?

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Text features are parts of a book or text that help you find information and understand it better, like headings, indexes, and glossaries.

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What is an index?

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An index is a list at the back of a book that shows where to find specific topics or words.

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What does the index help us do?

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The index helps us find what pages a word is on in the book.

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What is a glossary?

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A glossary is a list of words and their meanings found at the back of a book.

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What does the glossary help us do?

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The glossary helps us learn the meaning of words used in the book.

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What is a heading?

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A heading is a title at the beginning of a section that tells you what that section is about.

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What is a subheading?

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A subheading is a smaller title under a heading that gives more specific information about a part of the section.

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What are captions?

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Captions are short descriptions under pictures that explain what the picture is about.

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What is a table of contents?

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A table of contents is a list at the beginning of a book that shows the chapters and their page numbers.

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What is a sidebar?

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A sidebar is a box or area next to the main text that gives extra information or interesting facts.