An ABC Book of

Text Features

A is for

AuthorNotes-Anotetoreadersaboutmakingthebook.

B is for

BoldPrint-wordswiththickheavylines.

BrainyBeesKnowTwofromThree

C is for

Captions-Informationthatisnear

aphotographorillustrationthatittells.

Honeybeeshavesomebasicnumericalabilities, anewstudyfound.Theycan

recognizeapatternbasedonlyonthenumberofelementsinit.Forexample,

ifthebeeslearntorecognizethreebluedots, thenlatertheycanfindthree

yellowstars,threeyellowlemonsorthreepurpleblobs.

D is for

Diagrams- isadrawingof

somethingtoshowitsparts.Labels

areoftenaddedtothediagram.

E is for

Endpages-additional information

thatsupportsthebook.

F is for

Fonts-Thewaythetypinglooks.Youwillfindwordsinboldand colorprint inbooks.

G is for

Glossary-Aalphabetizedlistofspecialwordsinabookandtheir

meanings.

H is for

Headings-Thetitle,subtitle,ortopicthatstandsatthetoporbeginning,asofaparagraph,

letter,orchapter.

I is for

Index-Analphabetizedlistofkeyinformation

includingpagenumbers.Thiscanbefoundatthe

endofabook.

J is for

Justsayit!Apronunciationguideiswhenthewriterspellsoutthewordsphonetically,ofteninparentheses.Thishelpsussaythewordcorrectly.

"The Gila (HE-la) Monster is a kind of lizard."

K is for

MapKey-Helpsthereaderknowhowtointerpretinformationonamap.

L is for

Labels-Helpsthereaderidentifypartsofadiagram.

M is for

Map- Helpsthereaderunderstandwherethingsareintheworld.

N is for

Non-FictionTextFeatures• Helpsreadersbetterunderstandwhattheyare

readingabout.

• Givesusextrainformation.

• Textfeaturescanbefoundintextbooks,

magazinearticles,reports,webpages,andother

formsofnon-fictiontext.

O is for

ClOseUp- Helpsthereader

seedetailsinsomethingsmall.

P is for

Photographs-Helpsthereaderbetterunderstandapictureor

photograph.

Q is for

QuestionFormat-Questionstheauthorincludesinthetextforustothinkabout.

R is forReferencepages-Helpsthereader

understandinformationinthebook.

S is forSidebars-Boxesofinformationtotheside

ofthemaintext/column.

T is forTableofContents-Helpsthereaderidentifykeytopicsinthebookintheorder

theyarepresented.

U is for

Underline-Helpsthereaderunderstandthatawordorwordsareimportant.

V is for

VersoPages-Inpagelayout,theverso pagesaretheeven-numbered

pagesontheleftsideofatwo-page

spread.

W is for

DraWings-Helpsthereaderunderstandwhatsomethingcouldhavelooked

liked.

X is for

AppendiX-Additionalinformationlocatedattheendofa

book.

Y is for

CutawaY-Helpsthereaderunderstandsomethingbylookingatitfromtheinside.

Z is for

ItaliciZedWords-Helpsthereaderunderstandthattheworditalicized is

important.