WHAT ARE TEXT FEATURES? TYPES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT FEATURES

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WHAT ARE TEXT FEATURES? TYPES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT FEATURES During the reading process, you will use the text features to locate essential information from the text. The more times you process the information given, the more likely you are going to retain the information. Text features are an important feature to any reading. While you are reading, do you see titles, charts, photos, captions, headlines, bold or italicized print? THOSE ARE TEXT FEATURES! If you learn how to identify text features and use them prior to reading a text, you will improve your comprehension. TYPES OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT FEATURES Print Features Organizational Aids Graphic Aids Illustrations This science textbook contains of variety of text features to help the reader understand the content.

Guide readers through the patterns of organization PRINT FEATURES Guide readers through the patterns of organization Feature Helps the Reader… Table of Contents identify key topics in the book and the order they are presented in Index see everything in the text listed alphabetically with page numbers Glossary define words contained in the text Preface set a purpose for reading, get an overview of the content Pronunciation Guide say the words Appendix by offering additional information

Help readers find important information ORGANIZATIONAL AIDS Help readers find important information Feature Helps the Reader… Bold Print by signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary Italics understand the word is important Bullets emphasize key points/ concepts Titles locate different categories in the text Headings identify topics throughout the book as they skim and scan Subheadings navigate through sections of text Labels identify a picture and/or its parts Captions understand pictures and photographs

Represent information in some specific way GRAPHIC AIDS Represent information in some specific way Feature Helps the Reader… Bold Print by signaling the word is important and/or found in the glossary Italics understand the word is important Bullets emphasize key points/ concepts Titles locate different categories in the text Headings identify topics throughout the book as they skim and scan Subheadings navigate through sections of text Labels identify a picture and/or its parts Captions understand pictures and photographs

Expand the meaning of the text ILLUSTRATIONS Expand the meaning of the text Feature Helps the Reader… Photographs understand exactly what something looks like Drawings understand what something could or might have looked like Magnification see details in something Drawings of different types of ants A magnified ant head.

NOW THAT YOU KNOW ABOUT TEXT FEATURES I CHALLENGE YOU TO USE THEM TO COMPLETE A SCAVENGER HUNT Read the article, Flying High. Your goal is to identify as many informational text features as possible. Write the types you find on a separate sheet of paper and then check your work by viewing the next slide.

SCAVENGER HUNT ANSWERS THE TEXT FEATURES YOU SHOULD HAVE FOUND: Title (Flying High) Subheading (Hand-wing) Labels A Caption A Photograph A Diagram Bold Print Italics NEXT TIME YOU READ Pay attention to the text features as you read. See if you can put them to use to increase your comprehension and maybe you will even finish your assignment in less time!

Bibliography Blair, J. (n.d.). Text features: An aid to reading comprehension. Retrieved October 28, 2008 from http://www.helium.com/items/152030-text-features-an-aid-to-reading-comprehension. Larsen, L. (n.d.). Informational text features (PDF document). Retrieved October 28, 2008 from http://t4.jordan.k12.ut.us/cbl/images/litfac/binfo.pdf.