1. Text Features

2. Caption
Definition:
Explains what is shown in a picture or illustration
Purpose:
To better understand key information about a table, graph, or picture
Example:

3. Caption
Practice
Using your textbook, find a caption on p Write what is included in the caption on the line provided.
“Historic photo of Harlem, showing 122nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues.

4. Footnote
Definition:
Text placed at the bottom (foot) of a page in a book or document.
Usually flagged by a number immediately following that portion of the text that the note is in reference to.
Purpose:
To provide an author’s comments on the main text.
Example:

5. Footnote Practice Using your textbook, find a footnote on p. 103.
Write the words next to number 1 on the line provided.
1. welfare: program of financial aid provided to people in need by the government.

6. Table of Contents Definition:
A list of chapters or topics and the pages that they start on
Purpose:
Determine the organization of the text; find the first page of specific sections
Example:

7. Table of Contents p. 154 Practice
Using the Table of Contents in your textbook, find the story “After Twenty Years”.
Write the page number on the line provided.
p. 154

8. Glossary
Definition:
An alphabetical list of terms or words related to a specific subject and their definitions
Purpose:
Look up key terms and find their meanings
Example:

9. Denotation: A word’s denotation is its dictionary definition.
Glossary
Practice
Using the Glossary of Literary and Reading Terms in your textbook, copy the definition for “denotation”.
Denotation: A word’s denotation is its dictionary definition.

10. Index
Definition:
An alphabetical listing of key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers
Purpose:
Find the page number for specific topics in a text
Example:

11. Index
Practice
Using the Index of Skills in your textbook, write the page numbers where you would find the term “simile”.
Simile: 194, 564, R132

12. Heading/Title Definition:
A title at the head of a page or section in a book which informs the reader of the text topic
Purpose:
Identify the topic of the text
Example:

13. Heading/Title Practice
Using your textbook, find one Heading/Title on p. 675.
Write the heading/title on the line provided.
“The Lives of La Belle”

14. Subheading/Subtitle Definition:
States the main idea of each section of the text
Purpose:
Narrow down and locate specific information on a textbook page
Example:

15. SubHeading/Subtitle Practice
Using your textbook, find one Subheading/Subtitle on p. 675.
Write the subheading/subtitle on the line provided.
“Special Report”

16. Table/Chart Definition:
A systematic presentation of data, sometimes in rows and columns
Purpose:
Infer additional facts and details related to the text
Example:

17. How to analyze the meaning of the word “Indomitable”
Table/Chart
Practice
Using your textbook, find the Table/Chart on p. 473.
What is the table/chart helping a reader understand?
How to analyze the meaning of the word “Indomitable”

18. Bold/Italic Print Definition:
Makes the text stand out to signal importance
Purpose:
Locate or emphasize important words
Example:

19. Bold/Italic Print Practice Using p. 473:
Find one word written in BOLD type and print it on the line provided.
Find one word written in Italic type and print in on the line provided.
Bold: etymology
Italic: indomitable

20. Sidebar
Definition:
A text that is separate (on the side) from the rest of the text
Purpose:
To include additional information about a topic.
Example:

21. Sidebar Practice Using your textbook, find one Sidebar on p. 477.
What does the sidebar explain to the reader?
Science fiction is set in the future, but usually has a message about the current way we live

22. Primary Source Definition:
A first-hand account which provides information on a particular event
Purpose:
Gain a greater sense of the topic through a first-hand account
Example:

23. Secondary Source Definition:
Provides interpretation and analysis from a source and is one step removed from the original event
Purpose:
Gain a greater understanding of the topic through an author’s interpretation
Example: