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Text Features

Text Features. Adapted from the Reader’s Handbook. Table of Contents. Lists the major chapters and parts of a book along with their page numbers. The purpose of a table of contents is to help you find specific parts of the book quickly and easily. Table of Contents. Table of Contents

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Text Features

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  1. Text Features Adapted from the Reader’s Handbook

  2. Table of Contents • Lists the major chapters and parts of a book along with their page numbers. • The purpose of a table of contents is to help you find specific parts of the book quickly and easily.

  3. Table of Contents Table of Contents Geography of the United States……………………………………p. 11 Native Americans and Their Land………………………………….p. 21 Native American Cultural Regions………………………………….p. 29 Why Europeans left for the New World……………………..p.39

  4. Index • The index at the very back of the textbook gives the location of every important idea, term, definition, person, and place. • An index is a search tool.

  5. Index J --------------- Jackson, Andrew, 165 James I (Britain), 61, 62, 63 Jamestown, 59, 61, 65 Japan, 211 Jefferson, Thomas, 94, 100, 123, 126

  6. Glossary • The glossary is an alphabetized list of key people, places, events, and terms. It is a tool to help you understand the language of the subject. • The purpose of the glossary is to give you the specialized language of the subject.

  7. Glossary • Abolition(AB uh LIHSH uhn)n.the movement to end slavery.(p.440) • Key term in bold • Pronunciation • Part of speech • Definition • Page where term is used

  8. Pictures • Provide the reader with an image in order to understand exactly what something/someone looks like. • Photograph • Illustration • Painting

  9. Captions • The words in and around a photograph or illustration. • Helps give a better understanding of what is depicted in the picture.

  10. Labels • Helps the reader identify a picture/photograph and/or its parts.

  11. Maps • Help the reader understand where things are in the world.

  12. Types of Print • Helps the reader by signaling, “Look at me! I’m important!” • BOLD • Italics • Color • Font

  13. Chart • Helps the reader understand by representing information in different forms. • Diagrams • Time Lines • Graphs

  14. Information Box Helps the reader by providing: • Definitions • Information • Key terms

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