Definition: Various ways of manipulating and placing text to draw attention to or emphasize certain points or ideas in narrative; features added or created to help you locate and learn information. Text features are used in designing and organizing. Use them to scan, get the gist, understand Examples: bold color boxes/shadow boxes/main idea boxes italics underline capitalization lists bullets numbering title page titles headline drop head chapters indentation punctuation pictures captions graphs graphics diagram byline white space footnotes page #s quotes bursts table of contents index sidebars teasers http://ferguson.dadeschools.net/Faculty/Literacy/2011-2012/Text_Features_Chart.pdf Practice with pictures (glance--girl walking dog; close reading see details) |
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