Text Features

Title The title is the name of the article. An article will have a title that catches the reader’s interest.

Author’s Name The person who wrote the article. Usually located on the first page.

Subtitle An article may have a subtitle, a secondary title that tells you more about the article.

Headings Words or phrases used to break up the text of an article into sections. Often printed in a size or color intended to stand out. You can sometimes outline the main points of an article by listing the headings.

Illustrations Many articles are illustrated with artwork, photographs, maps, graphs, and tables.

Captions Brief printed explanations by the illustrations

Timeline A visual representation of a series of events, listed in chronological order, that relate to the article in some way.