Informational Text
2.) How is informational text different from literature or literary text? Compare/Contrast informational text to literary text - Provide an example in your compare/contrast diagram, paragraph, etc. (your choice) Informational text is non-fiction which means it is real or based off real events. Literary text is fiction which means it is make believe or not based off real events.
3.) What are text features? Text features are features of the text that help you understand the book better.
4.) Skim through "Phineas Gage" and identify the text features reviewed in class and included in this informational text. Use the listed features to help you identify them in the text. Once you have identified the features in the text note the page number. In addition, provide an explanation/purpose of the feature and how it helps the reader. NOTE: Not all features reviewed in class are included in "Phineas Gage." In this case, define the purpose of the feature, no page numbers are necessary.
An example has been provided for you.
Title Page: includes the title, the author and the publisher
Table of Contents: tells what page and the title of the chapters
Index: helps the reader find specific topics
Glossary: gives definition of unknown words
Heading, subheading: the heading tells the reader what the chapter is about and the subheading tells what a chapter is about
Keywords: words that are bolded, highlighted or underlined because they are important about the chapter
Photographs/Illustrations - Page 16-17, etc. - Helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. Gives the reader an image to support the information provided in the text.
Captions: gives information about the photo
Diagrams: tells the reader about an item using labels
Labels: are small textboxes that are part of a diagram
Text box: tells a brief definition of something
Map: tells where different things are
Special Print (bold, italics, highlighted text): an important part of the text