Informational Text Features
Text Features
Help the reader more easily navigate the text and often provide additional information to help students comprehend the text
Print Features
guide readers through the patterns of organization
Feature
helps the reader ...
table of identify key topics in the book and the
contents order they are presented
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 text
pronunciation use coding to pronounce or say the
guide words
appendix
find additional information in sections after the chapters
Pictures
expand the meaning of the text
Feature
helps the reader...
photographs understand exactly what something
looks like
drawing/ understand what something could or
illustrations might have looked like
sketches visualize an important concept
magnification see details in something small
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
colored print understand the word is important
italics understand the word is important
bullets by signaling key points/ concepts
titles / headings
understand what the text is about
subheadings /subtitles
locate sections of the text
captions
understand a picture, photograph or graphic
labels
identify parts within a picture or photograph
sidebars
provide the reader with additional or explanatory information
underlined/ by signaling the word is important and
highlighted may be a vocabulary word
Graphic Aids
represent information in some specific way
Feature
helps the reader...
understand how something works or to
diagram clarify the relationship between the
parts of a whole
key/legend
understand a list of the symbols appearing on a map or chart
comparisons
understand one thing by comparing it to another
graphs
understand connection or relationship between two or more things
figures combine text information with graphics
maps
understand where places and things are located in the world
charts/tables
clarify, summarize, or compare information
understand information by allowing the
crosssections
reader to see the inside of an object that has been cut across to expose and explain its makeup, characteristics, or
function
timelines
understand the sequence of events over time
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