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Name: _________________________________________ Period: ___________

What are Text Features? NOTES


1. Types of Informational Text Features:
a. _Print Features______________
b. _Organizational Aids_________
c. _Graphic Aids______________
d. _Illustrations_______________
2. Print Features: Guide readers through the patterns of organization
Feature
Helps the Reader
_Identify key topics_ in the book in the _order_ they are
Table of
posted in.
Contents

Index

Glossary
Preface

Pronunciation
Guide
Appendix

See everything in the text listed _alphabetically with


page numbers___________________________________
Define words contained in the text
Set a purpose fir reading, get an _overview of the content
_
Say the words
By offering _additional
information____________________________

3. Organizational Aids: Help readers find important information


Feature
Helps the Reader
By signaling the word is _important and/ or found in the
Bold Print
glossary__
Understand that the _word is
Italics
important___________________________
Emphasize _key points and concepts
Bullets
____________________________
_locates different categories in the text
Titles
_identify topics_ throughout the book as they skim and
Headings
scan
Navigate through sections of text
Subheadings
Identify a _picture and/or its
Labels
parts____________________________
_understand pictures and photographs___________________
Captions
4. Graphic Aids: Represent information in some specific way
Feature
Helps the Reader
Outline and explain the parts, operation, etc. of
Diagrams and
something
Charts

Timelines

Maps

_outline important events__ in the order in which they


occurred
Identify important_landmarks, roads,
etc.____________________
Visualize the facts

Charts and
Tables
5. Illustrations: Expand the meaning of the text
Feature

Photographs
Drawings
Magnification

Helps the Reader


_understand EXACTLY what something looks
like__________
Understand what something _COULD OR MIGHT have
looked like__
See details in something

6. Challenge: Identify and Label all of the text features in Flying High

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