Text Features & Presentation
English · Reading Comprehension · conceptual
Identify how language choices, text structure and presentational features (illustrations, diagrams, bold print, layout) contribute to the overall meaning and effect of a text
What mastery looks like
- Explain how an author's word choices create a particular effect (e.g., 'The author uses "crept" instead of "walked" to make it feel sneaky and tense')
- Identify how a text's structure helps the reader (e.g., 'The headings help you find information quickly', 'The story builds suspense before the ending')
- Explain how a presentational feature contributes to meaning (e.g., 'The bold words are important vocabulary', 'The diagram shows how the water cycle works')
Check your understanding
When Text Features & Presentation reads a page with headings, diagrams, or bold words, can they explain how those features help — like "the diagram shows the water cycle because the words alone are hard to picture"?
Prerequisites
Required first
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