🔍 Part 1: Text Feature Identification

Detective Mission: Look at your nonfiction article and find examples of these text features. Write where you found each one!

1. Find a heading in your article:

2. Find a subheading in your article:

3. Find a word in bold print:

4. Find a caption (words that explain a picture):

5. Does your article have an index or table of contents? If yes, write what page it's on:

🧠 Part 2: How Text Features Help You

Detective Analysis: Explain how each text feature helps you understand the article better.

6. How does the heading help you as a reader?

7. How do bold words help you understand the text?

8. How do captions and images work together to help your understanding?

🎯 Part 3: Text Feature Matching

9. Match each text feature with how it helps readers:

1. Headings

2. Bold Words

3. Index

4. Captions

A. Explain what's in pictures

B. Show main topics of sections

C. Help find information quickly

D. Highlight important vocabulary

✅ Part 4: Multiple Choice Detective Quiz

10. Which text feature would help you find information about "photosynthesis" in a science textbook?

Caption

Index

Bold words

Subheading

11. What is the main purpose of subheadings in nonfiction text?

To make the text look pretty

To organize information into smaller topics

To replace pictures

To show the author's name

12. Check ALL the text features that help organize information: (Select multiple)

Headings

Table of Contents

Subheadings

Index

Bold words

🎨 Part 5: Create Your Own Text Feature

13. Draw a simple diagram showing how a heading, subheading, and caption work together on a page:

14. Fill in the blanks about text features:

When I see a word in __________ print, I know it's an important __________ word. If I want to find information quickly in a book, I can look at the __________ or table of __________. Pictures with __________ help me understand what I'm looking at.

🏆 Part 6: Detective Reflection

15. What is the most useful text feature you discovered today? Explain why:

16. How will knowing about text features help you when reading textbooks or articles in the future?

Text Feature Detective Worksheet

Text Feature Detective Worksheet

🔍 Part 1: Text Feature Identification

🧠 Part 2: How Text Features Help You

🎯 Part 3: Text Feature Matching

✅ Part 4: Multiple Choice Detective Quiz

🎨 Part 5: Create Your Own Text Feature

🏆 Part 6: Detective Reflection

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