Text Features and Reading Strategies

Flashcards covering key vocabulary related to text features and reading comprehension strategies, derived from lecture notes for RW 7 Week 4.

Italics

A text feature used to focus on important words and vocabulary.

Glossary

A text feature used to focus on important words and vocabulary by providing definitions of terms.

Titles

A text feature used to locate key ideas and topics of an article.

Headings

A text feature used to locate key ideas and topics within a section of text.

Subheadings

A text feature used to locate key ideas and topics under a main heading.

Bullets

A text feature used to locate key ideas and topics, often presenting lists of information.

Timeline

A text feature used to find data or places, showing events in chronological order.

Maps

A text feature used to find data or places, illustrating geographic locations.

Chart/Graph

A text feature used to find data or places, presenting numerical or comparative information visually.

Tables

A text feature used to find data or places, organizing information in rows and columns.

Sketches

A text feature used to gain understanding visually, often providing simple illustrations.

Photographs

A text feature used to gain understanding visually, providing realistic images.

Drawings

A text feature used to gain understanding visually, providing illustrations that may be realistic or conceptual.

Diagrams

A text feature used to gain understanding visually, showing the parts of something or how something works.

TOPIC

Who or what an article is about in 1-4 words.

Author's Purpose

What the author wants you to know about the topic

also called the central idea

Annotate

Notes about your thinking while reading

Preview Text Features

The first step in reading