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I N T E N S I V E R E A D I N G
TEXT FEATURES
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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.
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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 textHeading
Subheading
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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.
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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
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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.
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INDEX
• What is it?• 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.
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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.
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TEXT BOX
What is it?• Box within
or surrounding the main text.
Purpose:• Provides
more information than is in the text.
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DIAGRAM
What is it?Drawing that shows or explains something; labels the parts of an objectPurpose:To help the reader identify the object or specific part of an object being discussed.
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MAP
What is it?• a diagrammatic
representation of a specific location.
Purpose:• To help the reader
visualize where something is taking place.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.