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This document provides a chart that summarizes 18 common text features used in nonfiction texts, including their purpose and examples. The chart lists features such as titles, photographs, diagrams, bold text, and fact boxes. It is intended to be used as a student handout to help them understand and identify different text features. Additional resources on teaching with text features are also referenced.
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Text features such as titles, headings, bold and italicized text, photographs, captions and diagrams can help readers comprehend informational texts. Learning to identify these features before and during reading allows readers to locate essential information. Examples of common text features are print features like titles and headings, organizational aids such as bullets and subheadings, graphic aids like charts and photographs, and illustrations. Mastering the use of text features can improve reading speed and comprehension.
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Text features such as titles, headings, bold and italicized text, charts, photos, and captions can help readers comprehend informational texts. These features help readers locate essential information, understand relationships between topics, and retain information. There are different types of text features including print features like tables of contents and glossaries, organizational aids like headings and subheadings, graphic aids like charts and diagrams, and illustrations like photographs and drawings. Identifying and using these features before and during reading can improve comprehension.
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Text features are components of written works that provide context beyond the main text, such as headings, captions, and illustrations. Understanding text features helps readers navigate nonfiction works more efficiently by organizing information into sections. Some key text features mentioned are titles, headings, subheadings, bold words, graphics, glossaries, sidebars, indexes, and tables of contents. Recognizing these features allows readers to locate specific information faster and aids in comprehension.
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Textual aids are visual elements that help readers learn and remember important information from a text. These include titles, bold or italicized text, pictures, charts, diagrams, and tables. They make important words or concepts stand out, focus the reader's attention, and provide additional context to support the text. Common textual aids include titles, subtitles, illustrations, font styles, and graphic organizers like flow charts, Venn diagrams, concept maps, pie graphs, bar graphs, and timelines. These aids help preview and guide readers through the text.
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This document discusses text features that authors include in nonfiction works to aid readers' comprehension. It identifies common print features like tables of contents and indexes, organizational aids like headings and subheadings, graphic aids like charts and diagrams, and illustrations such as photographs and drawings. Each text feature is described, along with how it helps readers navigate the text and understand its information. The document concludes by explaining how recognizing these features can help readers complete a scavenger hunt activity and assignments more quickly.
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- 1. About This Resource This chart provides the purpose and a visual example of 18 different text features. Use this as a student handout/ student notes, for interactive journals, or hang it on the wall as a student reference. You can buy a comprehensive text features resource here. You might also find these text features blog posts helpful: Free Text Features Slideshow Text Feature Scavenger Hunt Ideas Text Feature Anchor Charts Integrating Technology While Teaching Text Features The following text features are included: • title • title page • table of contents • index • glossary • heading • photograph • illustration • caption • labels • graph • table • map • diagram • bold print • italics • bullet points • fact box/side bar
- 2. Nonfiction Text Features Chart Text Feature Purpose Example Title Identifies the topic of the text/tells what the text will be about Title Page Tells a book’s title, author, illustrator, and publisher Table of Contents Tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found Index Tells what pages the reader can find certain topics Glossary Tells the definitions of some of the words found in a text Heading Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about © 2015 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. All rights reserved.
- 3. Text Feature Purpose Example Photograph Shows what something looks like (taken with a camera) Illustration Shows what something looks like (drawn by an artist) Caption Explains what a photograph or illustration is about Labels Tells the names of certain parts of a photograph or illustration Graph Organizes and helps compare information in a visual way Table Organizes facts and numbers in a visual way so it is easier to read Nonfiction Text Features Chart © 2015 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. All rights reserved.
- 4. Text Feature Purpose Example Map Shows where places/ events are located Diagram Explains information or how something works in a visual way Bold Print Shows what words are important or what words can be found in the glossary Italics Shows that a word is important Bullet Points Makes lists easier to read and understand Fact Box/ Side Bar Gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic Nonfiction Text Features Chart © 2015 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. All rights reserved.
- 5. It includes no prep activities, reading passages, task cards, centers, writing integration, and more! Save time planning with the complete resource: Text Features Activities – Centers, Posters, Reading Passages, and More. You might also find these blog posts helpful: • How to Scaffold a Compare and Contrast Essay • Text Feature Scavenger Hunts • Morning Work Made Easy • Character Traits: Free Graphic Organizers • Point of View: It’s Not Just About 1st and 3rd Acknowledgements © 2014 Kalena Baker: Teaching Made Practical. Updated 2017. All rights reserved.. By copyright law, the download of this product entitles one teacher the use of the digital and printed files for a single classroom. Files are not to be shared or published (including being displayed on a website) in any way without direct permission from the author, Kalena Baker.