1. Types of Informational Text Features: a. _Print Features______________ b. _Organizational Aids_________ c. _Graphic Aids______________ d. _Illustrations_______________ 2. Print Features: Guide readers through the patterns of organization Feature Helps the Reader _Identify key topics_ in the book in the _order_ they are Table of posted in. Contents
Index
Glossary Preface
Pronunciation Guide Appendix
See everything in the text listed _alphabetically with
page numbers___________________________________ Define words contained in the text Set a purpose fir reading, get an _overview of the content _ Say the words By offering _additional information____________________________
3. Organizational Aids: Help readers find important information
Feature Helps the Reader By signaling the word is _important and/ or found in the Bold Print glossary__ Understand that the _word is Italics important___________________________ Emphasize _key points and concepts Bullets ____________________________ _locates different categories in the text Titles _identify topics_ throughout the book as they skim and Headings scan Navigate through sections of text Subheadings Identify a _picture and/or its Labels parts____________________________ _understand pictures and photographs___________________ Captions 4. Graphic Aids: Represent information in some specific way Feature Helps the Reader Outline and explain the parts, operation, etc. of Diagrams and something Charts
Timelines
Maps
_outline important events__ in the order in which they
occurred Identify important_landmarks, roads, etc.____________________ Visualize the facts
Charts and Tables 5. Illustrations: Expand the meaning of the text Feature
Photographs Drawings Magnification
Helps the Reader
_understand EXACTLY what something looks like__________ Understand what something _COULD OR MIGHT have looked like__ See details in something
6. Challenge: Identify and Label all of the text features in Flying High