Text Features

Winds down the info. text; sets forth the names of those with whom the author worked with 

Helps the reader by  listing other informational texts in print or on the internet

Tells the reader how current the information in a book is

Tells the reader the word is supposed to stand out for emphasis, or title, foreign word, etc.

A chart/list that helps the reader understand the sequence of events in the informational text

Confirms the title, author's name, and publisher of the book

Gives a more detailed view of a complex topic

Puts the places in the informational text in the context of space and time

Identifies the topics to be presented and their order

Sets forth the author's purpose for writing the book

Points out what's in a photo, drawing, or illustration and relates it to the informational text

Helps students identify main topics on a quick pass through the text

Identifies important points of interest in a diagram/photo that the reader may otherwise miss

Highlights a key topic or feature

Tells the reader where quoted material came from

Shows how something in the text looked or might have looked 

Lists the main ideas in the text, with page numbers to help students find them