Informational Text Features

Students should be able to identify and explain the purpose/importance of informational text features.

Informational Text Features	Importance
Labels	Helps the reader identify a picture or photograph and its parts.
Photographs	Helps the reader understand exactly what something looks like.
Captions	Gives a little information about the photograph to better understand it.
Maps	Helps the reader to understand where something is.
Different Types of Text (bold, italics, etc)	Helps the reader signal “Look at me! I’m important!”
Table of Contents	Helps the reader identify key topics.
Index	Alphabetical list of everything covered in the text with page #’s.
Glossary	Helps to identify key words.
Subtitles	Helps the reader to know what that section is about.