Text Features

Question or Hint Answer or Word

Italic print This is slanted text that identifies new or important words.
Table of contents This gives the heading and beginning page of each section in the book.
Bold print It calls attention to new and important words. Some texts have these words highlighted instead.
Glossary This alphabetically lists new or important words and tells what they mean.
Caption These are the words next to a picture that explain what it is or what it is about.
Heading This tells the reader what the section of reading is about.
Diagram It is a drawing that shows the parts of something.