Text Features

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Text Features
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Table of Contents

• Narrative/Fiction Text 3
• Characters 4
• Setting 5
• Plot 6
• Non-Fiction Text 7
• Table of Contents 8
• Index 9
• Photographs 10
• Captions 11
• Labels 12
• Cutaways 13
• Close-ups 14
• Comparisons 15
• Charts, Tables, Graphs 16
• Maps 17
• Types of Print 18
• Glossary 19
• Standards (classroom) 20
• Standards (library)
  21

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Narrative/Fiction Text

• Purpose
• Entertainment

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Characters

• People or animals that are in the story.

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Setting

• Where the story takes place

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Plot

• Action, problem and solution

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Non-fiction Text

• Purpose
• Gain information or facts about people, places,
  things, or events

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Table of Contents

• The Table of Contents helps the reader identify
  key topics in the book in the order they are
  presented. It is found at the beginning of the
  book.

• Table of Contents
• How to choose a puppy 2
• Helping your puppy adjust to his new home
  6
• Feeding your new puppy 10
• Potty training a puppy 12

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Index

• An index is an alphabetical list of almost
  everything covered in the text, with page
  numbers. It is located at the back of the book.

• Christmas 20-30cultural traditions 21, 22,
  introduction 20presents 30
• Easter 10-15
• eggs 15

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Photographs

• Photographs help the reader understand exactly
  what something looks like.

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Captions

• Captions help the reader better understand a
  picture or photograph

Bison or buffalo once roamed the Great Plains.
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Labels
petals

• Labels help the reader identify a picture or
  photograph and/or its part.

stem
leaf
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Cutaways

• Cutaways help the reader understand something by
  looking at it from the inside. (Like cutting a
  slice of something.)

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bvr2.jpg
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Close-ups

• Close-ups help the reader see details in
  something small.

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Comparisons

• Comparisons help the reader understand the size
  of one thing by comparing it to the size of
  something else.Comparisons may also be in the
  form of charts, tables, or graphs where you are
  comparing data.

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Charts, Tables,and Graphs

• Charts Tables help the reader understand
  important information by listing it in a chart or
  table.
• Graphs help the reader see relationships between
  things.

Color of M Ms Number of M Ms
Red 4
Yellow 5
Blue 10
Green 3
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Maps

• Maps help the reader understand where things are
  in the world.

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Types of Print

• Types of print help the reader by signaling,
  Look at me! Im important! It may be bold
  print, italics, ALL CAPS, underlined, or larger
  print.

• The old dresser draw screeched as the children
  slowly pulled it open. Inside they found and old
  document that gave directions to a lost gold mine.

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Glossary

• The glossary helps the reader understand key
  words that are in the text. It is an
  alphabetical listing of key words and their
  meaning. It is located in the back of the book.
  Other names Important Words to Know.

• captions cutaways
• Captions words describing what is happening in
  a picture or photograph
• Close-ups enlarged picture or object to show
  details in something small
• Cutaways picture or illustration that helps the
  reader understand something by looking at it from
  the inside. (Like cutting a slice of something)

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Classroom Standards
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Library Standards
Some of the clip art came from CDs purchased at
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