Reading Index Text Feature Practice

What text features did you see? Check off ALL the text features that apply!

• Picture

• Title

• Headings

• diagram

What text features did you see? Check off ALL the text features that apply!

• Caption

• Glossary

• Bold words

• Map

Why did the author include these text features?

• To help the reader visualize the topic they are learning about

• To help the reader understand important information

• To list out the meaning of difficult words

• To explain the parts of a picture so that the reader understands what they are looking at

What is happening in the picture? What text feature helps you to know this?

• The paleontologist have collapsed from the heat, the map of Africa

• The paleontologist are demonstrating the size of the supercroc, the photo caption

• The paleontologist are exhausted from all their hard work, context clues

• The paleontologist are lying in wait for a supercroc to appear, wishful thinking

What text feature are these words written in?

• Highlighted

• Italics

• Bold

• Capitalized

What does this signal to the reader?

• The meaning of the words

• The importance of the words

• The pronunciation of the words

• The names of important crocodiles

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

•   Glossary
• Index
• Table of contents
• Caption

What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?

• Captions
• Index
• Glossary
• None of the above

This is an example of ____________ text feature? 

• Index
• Table of contents
• Glossary
• Diagram

What is the arrow pointing to?

• Caption
• Picture
• Index
• Heading