Text features power point
- 1. Text Features By Mrs. Cabrera
- 2. Why is Understanding Text Features an important reading strategy? • Text features help us identify and remember the big ideas and topics in our reading. • Text features support the information the author presents in the text.
- 3. What are text features? • Text Features are parts of a reading passage that stand out from the rest of the information. • Authors use text features to bring attention to important information.
- 4. Some examples: Some common text features found in books are: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Table of Contents Glossary Index Underlined, Bold, Italicized, or Highlighted Words Headings and Subheadings Font (styles and size and color) Diagrams, Charts, Tables, Graphs, and Maps Pictures or Illustrations Sidebars Captions Bullets or Numbered Lists Parenthesis Footnotes
- 5. How do we use text features to help us understand what we are reading? • Before reading, preview the kinds of text features throughout the book. • Think about what the big ideas the author wants you to remember. • “Read” everything: captions, labels, sidebars, the EVERYTHING--to help you understand the information the author has provided. FINE PRINT--
- 6. Table of Contents The Table of Contents makes it easier to locate information in books. For Example: The Statement of Problem and Solution is found on Page 4.
- 7. Glossary GLOSSARY OF TERMS The Glossary provides us with definitions of words that are found in a particular book. For Example: The definition of Station Port is….
- 8. Index • An index is a detailed alphabetical listing of names, places, and topics along with the numbers of the pages on which they are mentioned or discussed. • An index helps the reader find specific information quickly.
- 9. Underlined, Bold, Italicized, or Highlighted Words • These features are used to draw attention to specific information in the text. • The author uses them to signal you to notice or remember.
- 10. Headings and Subheadings (titles or subtitles) • Headings and subheadings are usually found at the top of the page or paragraph. • They are usually printed in a larger or colored font. • They sum up the topic or paragraph in a one- or two-word phrase. HEADING Subheading
- 11. Font (style, size, and color) sizes • Words can be a different styles or color to highlight important or key information. • Font changes add variety to the page. or
- 12. Diagrams, charts, graphs, tables, maps • These visuals help explain or demonstrate the author’s ideas. Chart Graph Diagram Map Table
- 13. Sidebar (or textbox) • Sidebars are boxed information on the side of the page. • They usually include a border or colored background. • They may include text or illustrations that add to the information in the main text. Sidebars or textbox Sidebars or textbox
- 14. Pictures or Illustrations • Pictures and illustrations provide support for the written text and add visual appeal to the page.
- 15. Captions Caption • Captions are sentences that describe an illustration or photograph. • Captions usually appear underneath the picture, but sometimes they are above or to the side.
- 16. Bullets or Numbered Lists • Bullets or numbered lists help call attention to main points, details, or examples the author wants you to notice or know. Some common text features found in books are: • • • • • • • • • • • • Table of Contents Glossary Index Underlined, Bold, Italicized, or Highlighted Words Headings and Subheadings Font (styles and size and color) Diagrams, Charts, Tables, Graphs, and Maps Pictures or Illustrations Sidebars Captions Bullets or Numbered Lists Parenthesis
- 17. (Parenthesis) For Example: • pa·ren·the·sis (pə-rěn'thĭ-sĭs) • Whenever you see a parenthesis ( ) – it says to the reader, STOP, I’m important, • notice me. • Parenthesis are often put around items that are used to • clarify the information that comes before. (Here it is used to clarify the pronunciation of the word - parenthesis) An interruption of continuity; an interval: "This is one of the things I wasn't prepared for—the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing" (Margaret Atwood). (Here it is to clarify who’s quote this is)
- 18. Footnotes • A short piece of text, often numbered, placed at the bottom of a printed page, that adds a comment, citation, reference etc., to a designated part of the main text. Here are 3 footnotes commenting on this article
- 19. Timeline • A timeline is a sequence of related events arranged in chronological order and displayed along a line. • Using a timeline will help students to connect the events of history and see the “big picture”.