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Page 1: Text Features

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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HEADINGWhat 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

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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, UNDERLINEWhat 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 CONTENTSWhat 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?• A 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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MAPWhat 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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CAPTIONWhat 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 / CHARTWhat 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.