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Text features
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Captions | Help you better understand a picture or photograph |
| comparison | These sentences help you to picture something {Example: A whale shark is a little bit bigger than a school bus}. |
| GlossaryGlossary | Helps you define words that are in the book |
| Graphics | : Charts, graphs, or cutaways are used to help you understand what the author is trying to tell you |
| Illustrations/Photographs | Help you to know exactly what something looks like |
| Index: | This is an alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells you what page the idea is on. |
| Labels | These help you identify a picture or a photograph and its parts |
| Maps Maps | : help you to understand where places are in the world |
| Special Print | : When a word is bold, in italics, or underlined, it is an important word for you to know |
| Subtitles | : These headings help you to know what the next section will be about |
| Table of Contents | : Helps you identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented |