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The document outlines various text features and their purposes, such as titles that indicate the topic, tables of contents that organize sections, and glossaries that define key vocabulary. It also describes the roles of headings, sidebars, pictures, labeled diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, cutaways, cross sections, and inset photos in enhancing reader comprehension. Each feature serves to guide, inform, or elaborate on the main content of the text.

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Text Features Important Info

The document outlines various text features and their purposes, such as titles that indicate the topic, tables of contents that organize sections, and glossaries that define key vocabulary. It also describes the roles of headings, sidebars, pictures, labeled diagrams, charts, graphs, maps, cutaways, cross sections, and inset photos in enhancing reader comprehension. Each feature serves to guide, inform, or elaborate on the main content of the text.

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TEXT FEATURES IMPORTANT INFO

Name of text feature Purpose of text feature

Title Quickly tells the reader what information they will learn about

Table of contents Shows students the different chapter or section titles and where they are located

Directs students where to go in the text to find specific information on a topic, word,
Index
or person

Glossary Identifies important vocabulary words for students and gives their definitions

Headings or subtitles Help the reader identify the main idea for that section of text

Are set apart from the main text, (usually located on the side or bottom of the page)
Sidebars
and elaborate on a detail mentioned in the text

Pictures and captions Show an important object or idea from the text

Allow readers to see detailed depictions of an object from the text with labels that
Labeled diagrams
teach the important components

Represent and show data related to, or elaborate on, something in the main body of
Charts and graphs
text

Maps Help a reader locate a place in the world that is related to text

Cutaways and cross Allow readers to see inside something by dissolving part of a wall or to see all the
sections layers of an object by bisecting it for viewing

Inset photos Can show either a faraway view of something or a close-up shot of minute detail

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