Special Text Features

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Special Text Features

• Fortner
• 6th Grade

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• Human beings have important elements in their
  bodies such as a heart, lungs, blood vessels and
  brain.  These elements stand out from other
  features of our body.

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• Textbooks and informational text also have
  important elements that stand out from the other
  parts of the text. 
• While reading informational text, you have
  probably seen some or all of the following
• Boldface terms   
•   Photos and Illustrations
• Charts    
• Preview
• Glossary     
• Table of contents
• Headings and Titles   
• Caption
• Index     
• Timeline
• Maps

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What are TEXT FEATURES??

• Text features are a very valuable and important
  feature to any reading
• Books contain common features that readers can
  recognize and use to help them understand the
  information being presented
• These are called Text Features and their purpose
  is help us understand the information presented.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Table of Contents in a book lists the title,
  number and page numbers of all the chapters in a
  content book.
• They can be used to find information quickly.

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Headings and Subheadings

• Headings and subheadings visually show readers
  how the ideas are organized within the text.
• Each heading should accurately tell readers what
  each section covers.
• In addition, bolding and using different font
  sizes help readers locate the information they
  need.

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GLOSSARY

• Short list of words related to a specific topic,
  with brief definitions, arranged alphabetically
  and often placed at the end of a book.

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Index

• Indexes help you to quickly locate pieces of
  information about a topic which are scattered
  around a number of resources.
• If you go to the index of a book, it will tell
  you what pages of the book refer to a concept
  listed in the indexes.

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Captions for Photographs

• Captions are the little headlines
• the words describing the photograph
• First,  the reader looks at the photo, mentally
  capturing all or most of the most obvious visual
  information available.
• When that look at the photo sparks any interest,
  the reader typically looks just below the photo
  for information that helps explain the photo

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