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WHAT ARE TEXT FEATURES?
•

•

•

Authors include text features
to help the reader better
understand what they have
read.
Text features provide
information that may not be
written in the text itself.
Text features can be found in
textbooks, magazine articles,
newspapers, reports, web
pages, and other forms of
nonfiction text.

TYPES OF INFORMATIONAL
TEXT FEATURES





Print Features
Organizational Aids
Graphic Aids
Illustrations
PRINT FEATURES
Guide readers through the patterns of organization
Feature

Helps the Reader…

Table of Contents

identify key topics in the book and the
order they are presented in

Index

see everything in the text listed
alphabetically with page numbers

Glossary

define words contained in the text

Preface

set a purpose for reading, get an overview
of the content

Pronunciation Guide

say the words

Appendix

by offering additional information
ORGANIZATIONAL AIDS
Help readers find important information
Feature

Helps the Reader…

Bold Print

by signaling the word is important and/or
found in the glossary

Italics

understand the word is important

Bullets

emphasize key points/ concepts

Titles

locate different categories in the text

Headings

identify topics throughout the book as
they skim and scan
navigate through sections of

Subheadings
text
Labels

identify a picture and/or its parts

Captions

understand pictures and photographs
GRAPHIC AIDS
Represent information in some specific way
Feature

Helps the Reader…

Bold Print

by signaling the word is important and/or
found in the glossary

Italics

understand the word is important

Bullets

emphasize key points/ concepts

Titles

locate different categories in the text

Headings

identify topics throughout the book as
they skim and scan
navigate through sections of

Subheadings
text
Labels

identify a picture and/or its parts

Captions

understand pictures and photographs
ILLUSTRATIONS
Expand the meaning of the text
Feature

Helps the Reader…

Photographs

understand exactly what something looks like

Drawings

understand what something could or might have
looked like

Magnification

see details in something

Drawings of different types of ants

A magnified ant head.
NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT
TEXT FEATURES
USE THEM TO COMPLETE A SCAVENGER HUNT
Read the article, Flying High. Your goal is to identify as many informational text features as possible. Write the types you find on a
separate sheet of paper and then check your work by viewing the next slide.
SCAVENGER HUNT
ANSWERS

THE TEXT
FEATURES YOU
SHOULD HAVE
FOUND:
 Title (Flying High)
 Subheading (Hand-wing)
 Labels
 A Caption
 A Photograph
 A Diagram
 Bold Print
 Italics

NEXT TIME YOU READ
Pay attention to the text features as you read. See if you can put them to use to
increase your comprehension and maybe you will even finish your assignment in
less time!
Bibliography
Blair, J. (n.d.). Text features: An aid to reading comprehension. Retrieved October 28, 2008 from
http://www.helium.com/items/152030-text-features-an-aid-to-reading-comprehension.
Larsen, L. (n.d.). Informational text features (PDF document). Retrieved October 28, 2008 from
http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/cbl/images/litfac/binfo.pdf.

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Textfeatures2

  • 1. WHAT ARE TEXT FEATURES? • • • Authors include text features to help the reader better understand what they have read. Text features provide information that may not be written in the text itself. Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text. TYPES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT FEATURES     Print Features Organizational Aids Graphic Aids Illustrations
  • 2. PRINT FEATURES Guide readers through the patterns of organization Feature Helps the Reader… Table of Contents identify key topics in the book and the order they are presented in Index see everything in the text listed alphabetically with page numbers Glossary define words contained in the text Preface set a purpose for reading, get an overview of the content Pronunciation Guide say the words Appendix by offering additional information
  • 3. ORGANIZATIONAL AIDS Help readers find important information Feature Helps the Reader… Bold Print by signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary Italics understand the word is important Bullets emphasize key points/ concepts Titles locate different categories in the text Headings identify topics throughout the book as they skim and scan navigate through sections of Subheadings text Labels identify a picture and/or its parts Captions understand pictures and photographs
  • 4. GRAPHIC AIDS Represent information in some specific way Feature Helps the Reader… Bold Print by signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary Italics understand the word is important Bullets emphasize key points/ concepts Titles locate different categories in the text Headings identify topics throughout the book as they skim and scan navigate through sections of Subheadings text Labels identify a picture and/or its parts Captions understand pictures and photographs
  • 5. ILLUSTRATIONS Expand the meaning of the text Feature Helps the Reader… Photographs understand exactly what something looks like Drawings understand what something could or might have looked like Magnification see details in something Drawings of different types of ants A magnified ant head.
  • 6. NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT TEXT FEATURES USE THEM TO COMPLETE A SCAVENGER HUNT Read the article, Flying High. Your goal is to identify as many informational text features as possible. Write the types you find on a separate sheet of paper and then check your work by viewing the next slide.
  • 7. SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWERS THE TEXT FEATURES YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUND:  Title (Flying High)  Subheading (Hand-wing)  Labels  A Caption  A Photograph  A Diagram  Bold Print  Italics NEXT TIME YOU READ Pay attention to the text features as you read. See if you can put them to use to increase your comprehension and maybe you will even finish your assignment in less time!
  • 8. Bibliography Blair, J. (n.d.). Text features: An aid to reading comprehension. Retrieved October 28, 2008 from http://www.helium.com/items/152030-text-features-an-aid-to-reading-comprehension. Larsen, L. (n.d.). Informational text features (PDF document). Retrieved October 28, 2008 from http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/cbl/images/litfac/binfo.pdf.