Thursday February 16 2012.

What is the text feature that is found below a photograph in a non fiction book. A good example of this type of writing is in the creation of a resume. The print may be bold or in a different color than the paragraphs. You could also use this chart to have your students go on a text feature hunt Give students a nonfiction book and see how many text features.

This text feature found at the top of a page identifies the paragraphs topic. These sidebars feature some important detail about the. PhotographIllustration A picture that emphasizes key points and adds interest Bold Print Text that is heavier and darker than the rest of the text.

Pictures taken with a camera. Sidebars are pictures graphics andor texts that appear and are placed outside of the margins of the remainder of a text or within the text itself when they are walled off and distinctly differentiated from the rest of the text. B To convince the reader that snakes are dangerous C To provide an explanation of the photo D To inform the reader about the history of snakes.

Identifies the topic of the texttells what the text will be about. Much like an index supplementary text features often fall at the end. While they are reading they are looking for text features in their books.

Text Feature Purpose Table of Contents Photographs Captions Labels Headings Charts and Tables Diagrams Gives a list of topics and page numbers. We have also narrowed the text features addressed in this resource to those most commonly found in elementary texts and those specifically mentioned in national standards. Using text features is an important element of developmental reading which teaches students to use these parts to understand and comprehend.

Tells the names of chapters and what page the chapters can be found. Encourage your child to look for text features in Nonfiction books and discuss the purpose of each. Text Feature Purpose Example.