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Text Features
Text Features and Purposes
| Text Feature | Purpose |
|---|---|
| title | tells the topic of the text |
| table of contents | tells what the major chapters of the book will be about and where they are |
| headings and subheadings | tells what the major sections of a chapter will be about |
| captions and labels | tells what pictures, diagrams, and graphs are showing us |
| bold print words | show us important vocabulary words |
| index | tells where we can find specific information on topics in the book |
| glossary | gives definitions of important vocabulary in the text |
| graph | to organize information containing numbers |
| diagram | to show the parts of something |
| chart or table | to compare information visually |
| map | to show locations, routes, and events |
| time line | to show when things happened |
| map legend | to explain the meanings of the colors and symbols on a map |