Text Features
Lesson
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Text features can help you to
gather and use information.

 

 

Know how to use the features of your textbook.

                       * Table of Contents
                       * Headings
                       * Subheadings
                       * Charts
                       * Illustrations
                       * Captions
                       * Vocabulary
                       * Glossary

 

  Table of Contents - Identifies the chapters in the textbook

    Heading - Identifies the topic of a text section

    Subheading - Identifies additional topics under a heading

Heading


 

 

 


Subheading

 

 

 

 

    Vocabulary - Words that are important or particular to the topic

    Illustration - A picture to accompany a topic

      Caption - A sentence that identifies an illustration

 

 

← Vocabulary

 

 

 

← Illustration

← Caption

 

 

 

     Glossary - a "dictionary" of terms found in the text

    Chart - a diagram containing information relating to the topic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

← Chart

 

Remember:

Know how to use text features.

Click on the books for practice.

 
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