Text Features Mini Lesson

TITLE, PHOTOGRAPHS, CAPTIONS, MAPS, DIAGRAMS ARE TEXT FEATURES OF -

• INFORMATIONAL TEXT

• FICTION TEXT

• NEWSPAPER TEXT

• BOOK ARTICLES

TO FIND THE MAIN IDEA WE HIGHLIGHT -

• ALL THE SENTENCES

• THE FIRST SENTENCE

• THE FIRST AND THE LAST SENTENCE

• THE LAST SENTENCE ONLY

TITLE, ILLUSTRATIONS ARE TEXT FEATURES OF ______________ TEXT

• INFORMATIONAL

• FICTION

• NEWSPAPER

• ARTICLES

All the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text are called...

• text features

• labeled diagrams

• detailed graphs

What text feature is this a picture of?

• a graph

• a timeline

• a sidebar

What are the bold words under the picture?

• caption

• heading

• title

Where would you look in a non-fiction, expository text on World War II, to find when an important battle occurred?

• sidebar or heading

• text or timeline

• any or all of these places

Name the print in the red circle:

• bold

• important

• italics

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

• Illustrations

• Captions

• Glossary

• Chart

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