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Informational TextInformational Text
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Standard
• ELA7R1. The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. For informational texts, the student reads and comprehends in order to develop understanding and expertise and produces evidence of reading that:
• a. Analyzes common textual features to obtain information (e.g., paragraphs, topic sentences, concluding sentences, introduction, conclusion, footnotes, index, and bibliography).
• b. Identifies and uses knowledge of common graphic features to draw conclusions and make judgments (e.g., graphic organizers, diagrams, captions, illustrations).
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Text Features• There are 4 main kinds of text
features that help you find information in your textbooks:– Headings– Keywords– Captions– Footnotes
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Heading• What is a heading?• The title of a section of writing
(like a chapter, a section inside of a chapter, a newspaper or magazine article, etc.)
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Find the Heading:
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Keywords• Keywords are important words
from a text, usually vocabulary words or names of important people, events, or ideas.
• Keywords are usually in bold and/or underlined in textbooks.
• Find the keywords in the following example:
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Find the Keywords
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Captions• Captions are located under
pictures, tables, graphs, forms, and other images.
• Captions tell you what’s going on in the pictures.
• What is the caption in the following example?
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Find the Caption
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Footnotes• Footnotes happen when the author
wants to give you more info about something in the text.
• They’re usually used to explain things like vocabulary words or to give background information.
• Footnotes are usually marked with a small superscript number like this1
• Find the Footnote in the following example:
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Why?• Why is it important to know about
text features like headings, keywords, captions, and footnotes?
• They help you find information quickly
• They help show you important information
• They’re like road signs pointing you to what you need to know.