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Text Features Intensive Reading

titles What is it? A title is the name of a book, essay, article, etc. Purpose: Identifies topics throughout the book. To hint at what the text might be about.

Heading What is it? A heading is the title of a short section within the main body of a text. Purpose To give readers clues as to what they will read about next. To make it easy to find the main ideas/topics within the body of the text Heading Subheading

Subheading What is it? A subheading is the title of a small section found underneath a heading. Subheadings give clues about what’s coming next. Purpose: To help organize the text into sections of information that support the main topic. To make it easy to find important topics within the body of the text.

Bold, Italics, Underline What is it? words in the text printed in darker ink, slanted font or underlined; sometimes highlighted. Purpose Draws readers attention to important information. Bold Italics Underline

Table of contents What is it? The table of Contents is a list of chapters or article titles found at the beginning of the text. Purpose: to Identify key topics in the book and the order in which they are presented.

index What is it? Purpose: An alphabetical list of names and/or topics as well as lists of page numbers on which each item is mentioned. Purpose: To help readers find all the pages in the text where each subject is discussed.

Glossary What is it? A glossary is an alphabetized list of terms and definitions found in the back of the book or at the end of an article. Purpose: To provide an easy-to-access reference for important vocabulary.

Text box What is it? Box within or surrounding the main text. Purpose: Provides more information than is in the text.

Diagram What is it? Drawing that shows or explains something; labels the parts of an object Purpose: To help the reader identify the object or specific part of an object being discussed.

Map What is it? a diagrammatic representation of a specific location. Purpose: To help the reader visualize where something is taking place.

Photo/illustration What is it? Pictures are images or graphics often found in writing. Purpose: To help us VISUALIZE what we are reading about. To catch readers’ attention and make the text seem more interesting.

caption What is it? A caption is text in smaller print that is found next to or under a picture. Purpose: To give a brief explanation of the picture. Helps reader understand pictures and photographs. Usually located at the bottom corner of the picture/illustration. Caption

timeline What is it? a graphic representation of the passage of time as a line. Purpose: Shows events in chronological order. Helps the reader determine the order of events.

Table / chart What are they? Tables are summaries of facts or data written in columns or rows. Charts are visual representations of quantities or results. Purpose: To organize large amounts of information into a small space and an easy-to-read format.