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.