Informational Text Features Review

These graphic features help organize data, information, or numbers in a clear way that is easier to read and understand.

This graphic feature helps readers understand what something looks like in real life. It can be taken with a camera or drawn (illustrated).

This print feature uses slanted text or font to emphasize important words or ideas.

This print feature can be found near a photograph or illustration. It provides extra information to help the reader understand the picture better.

This print feature helps readers find specific information within a text. It can be found in the back of a book and will be organized in ABC order.

Print or Graphic? The author's use of pictures or visuals to help readers visualize (see) the information stated in the text.

This print feature helps organize the information within a text. It also helps readers identify a key idea for a section of text.

This print feature lists the vocabulary used within the text and their definitions (meanings). It can be found in the back of a book or within an article.

This graphic feature helps readers understand the location of a place or event.

This print feature uses darker text or font to signal important information or new vocabulary words to the reader.

This print feature lists headings and their page numbers which helps readers locate (find) information within a selection.

Print or Graphic? The author's use of words to emphasize or explain something in the text.

This graphic feature can be a labeled photograph or illustration that shows the parts of something.