Text Features Word Search

A nonfiction text features puzzle with its answer key, from Caption, Heading and Glossary to Inset and Sidebar.

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Text Features Word Search

Find every word hidden in the grid. Words go across and down.

0 of 16 words found

TNQXEELETSHIWDN
VAAODIECDTLEWOI
BFMAPXGTLECTJON
DCUSIDEBAROETCV
RUUGKUNYBLNOCHO
RSCLHADAERTTVFE
LINOEGAGLNEMISP
RBASAINDEXNMKZN
IYISDEOADHTBCAU
SOTAIBACIRSLARA
FCIRNODHANNSPOS
RQTYGMSAGLRSTNA
BOLDOIPRRLIRIJE
WOEDYRSTABLEOYH
GRAPHSTIMELINEB

This grid is wider and taller than its box. Slide it to see every letter.To drag, hold the first letter for a moment, then slide.Keyboard: Tab to the grid, arrow keys to move, Enter on the first and last letter.

  • CAPTION
  • HEADING
  • GLOSSARY
  • INDEX
  • DIAGRAM
  • SIDEBAR
  • TITLE
  • LABEL
  • MAP
  • CHART
  • TIMELINE
  • BOLD
  • CONTENTS
  • GRAPH
  • TABLE
  • LEGEND

16 of 22 words from the Text Features Key Terms list.

Find three of these text features in a book. Write the page each one is on.

Tap or click the first letter of a word, then its last letter. Or drag across the word. On a touch screen, hold the first letter for a moment before you drag. On a keyboard, the arrow keys move, Enter marks the first and the last letter, and Escape clears a first letter.

Easy: words go across and down.

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Answer key: Text Features Word Search

TNQXEELETSHIWDN
VAAODIECDTLEWOI
BFMAPXGTLECTJON
DCUSIDEBAROETCV
RUUGKUNYBLNOCHO
RSCLHADAERTTVFE
LINOEGAGLNEMISP
RBASAINDEXNMKZN
IYISDEOADHTBCAU
SOTAIBACIRSLARA
FCIRNODHANNSPOS
RQTYGMSAGLRSTNA
BOLDOIPRRLIRIJE
WOEDYRSTABLEOYH
GRAPHSTIMELINEB

CAPTION, HEADING, GLOSSARY, INDEX, DIAGRAM, SIDEBAR, TITLE, LABEL, MAP, CHART, TIMELINE, BOLD, CONTENTS, GRAPH, TABLE, LEGEND

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All 116 words

Finding Your Way in a Book 18

  • Afterword A closing note at the end of a book.
  • Appendix Extra material added at the end of a book.
  • Bibliography The list of the books and articles an author used.
  • Chapter One of the main parts a book is divided into.
  • Contents The list at the front of a book of its chapters and their pages.
  • Footer A title or date in the bottom margin of every page.
  • Foreword An opening note to a book, often by someone other than the author.
  • Glossary The list at the back of a book of hard words and their meanings.
  • Guide word A word atop a dictionary page that shows the first or last entry on it.
  • Header A title or date in the top margin of every page.
  • Heading The line at the top of a section that tells what it is about.
  • Index The alphabetical list at the back of a book of topics and their pages.
  • Introduction The opening part of a book, which leads into the rest.
  • Page number The numeral in the margin that tells a reader where they are in a book.
  • Preface A short opening note in which the author explains the book.
  • Section One part of a chapter or an article.
  • Tab A small flap on the edge of a leaf that helps a reader find a section.
  • Title The name of a book, a chapter or an article.
Show all 116 words (98 more)

Print That Stands Out 13

  • Asterisk A small star that sends the reader to a note.
  • Bold Type with thick, dark lines.
  • Bullet A heavy dot used to set off an item or a passage.
  • Capital The large form of a letter, such as A or B.
  • Color Red, blue, green or another hue, used to set words apart.
  • Font A full set of type in one size and style.
  • Highlight To mark words with bright ink so they are easy to find.
  • Indent To start a line farther in than the lines around it.
  • Italics Type whose letters slant to the right.
  • Margin The blank space around the print on a page.
  • Symbol A sign or small picture that stands for something else.
  • Typeface The design of a set of printed letters.
  • Underline To draw a line beneath a word.

Pictures, Maps and Graphs 28

  • Axis A reference line on a graph, from which amounts are measured.
  • Caption The words printed with a picture to explain it.
  • Cell A box in a table where two lines of entries cross.
  • Chart A sheet that sets out facts as a graph or a table.
  • Close-up A picture in which the subject fills the frame and looks large.
  • Column A line of entries that runs up and down a table.
  • Compass rose The figure on a map that points north, south, east and west.
  • Cross section A view of a thing as if it had been sliced straight through.
  • Cutaway A drawing with part of the outside removed to show the inside.
  • Data Facts and numbers gathered about a subject.
  • Diagram A drawing that shows the parts of a thing or how it works.
  • Drawing A picture made chiefly of lines.
  • Figure A diagram or illustration in a book.
  • Graph A drawing that uses bars, lines or dots to compare numbers.
  • Grid A pattern of evenly spaced crossing lines, as on a map.
  • Illustration A picture or drawing that helps explain the words.
  • Inset A small map or picture set inside a larger one.
  • Key A table that explains what the signs on a map or chart stand for.
  • Label A word or phrase that names a part of a picture.
  • Legend The box on a map or chart that explains its symbols.
  • Map A flat drawing of a region that shows where its features are.
  • Photo A picture made with a camera.
  • Picture A drawing, painting or image made with a camera.
  • Row A line of entries that runs across a table.
  • Scale The marked line on a map that shows how far real places are apart.
  • Sketch A quick, rough drawing.
  • Table Facts set out in rows and columns.
  • Timeline A display of the key events of a period in the order they happened.

Boxes, Notes and Extras 14

  • Annotation A note added to a text to explain or comment on it.
  • Arrow A pointed sign that shows direction.
  • Border A line or band around the edge of a box or a page.
  • Credit A line that names who made a picture or did other work.
  • Example One case that shows what a whole group is like.
  • Excerpt A passage taken from a longer text.
  • List A series of items written one after another.
  • Note A short remark that explains or adds to the main text.
  • Outline A summary of a subject set out under headings.
  • Pull quote A quoted line from an article, set apart in a box to catch the eye.
  • Quotation A passage of someone's exact words, repeated.
  • Sidebar A short boxed text printed beside a longer article.
  • Source The book, person or website a fact came from.
  • Summary A short statement of the main points.

Text Features on a Screen 13

  • Audio Recorded sound.
  • Banner A wide strip across the top of a web page.
  • Button A small box on a screen that is clicked to make a thing happen.
  • Cursor The moving mark on a screen that shows where typing will go.
  • Homepage The opening page of a website.
  • Icon A small picture on a screen that stands for a program or a task.
  • Link A word or picture on a web page that opens another page when clicked.
  • Menu A list of choices on a screen.
  • Scroll To move the words on a screen up or down.
  • Thumbnail A small copy of a picture that stands for the full-size one.
  • Toolbar A row of small pictures on a screen that run tasks when clicked.
  • Video Moving pictures recorded for a screen.
  • Website A set of linked pages on the internet.

How Readers Use Text Features 15

  • Compare To look at how two things are alike and different.
  • Define To state what a word means.
  • Detail A small fact or part of a larger whole.
  • Emphasize To make a word or an idea appear important.
  • Explain To make a thing plain and easy to understand.
  • Information Facts learned about a subject.
  • Navigate To find a way through a book or a website.
  • Nonfiction Writing based on fact, not imagined.
  • Organize To put things into an order that makes sense.
  • Preview To view in advance; to get an overview before reading.
  • Purpose The reason a thing is done or made.
  • Scan To look over a page quickly for one fact.
  • Skim To read quickly for the main ideas.
  • Text The main body of words on a page.
  • Topic The subject of a text or a section.

Features With a Feature Inside 15

  • Bar graph A graph that compares amounts with bars of different lengths.
  • Boldface Type with thick, heavy lines.
  • Endnote A note at the end of a chapter or a book.
  • Flowchart A diagram that shows the steps of a process in order.
  • Footnote A note at the bottom of a page that explains or names a source.
  • Hyperlink A word or picture on a screen that opens another page when clicked.
  • Infographic A picture that presents information or data, such as a chart or a map.
  • Keyword An important word, or a word typed in to search for a subject.
  • Photograph An image recorded by a camera.
  • Pictograph A graph that shows amounts with rows of small pictures.
  • Pie chart A circle cut into slices that show the parts of a whole.
  • Subheading The heading of one part of a larger section.
  • Subtitle A second, smaller title that tells more about a book or an article.
  • Textbook A book used to study a school subject.
  • Title page The page at the front of a book that gives its name and author.

How this list was compiled: Own work: the word list and every clue were written for this page. Spellings and meanings were checked on 2026-10-16 against The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, https://www.ahdictionary.com/. The parts of a book, Pull quote and Compass rose were also checked on 2026-10-16 against English Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/, in the articles Book design, News style and Compass rose. Which terms count as text features follows the examples in the Common Core State Standards for reading informational text, grades 1 to 3, https://www.thecorestandards.org/, read on 2026-10-16. Licence: own work

How it works

This text features word search opens on 16 key terms, such as Diagram, Timeline, Chart, Table, Label and Map. Every word has a one-line meaning. Seven more lists sort all 116 words by where a reader meets them.

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Lists by where the feature sits

Under Start from a list, Finding Your Way in a Book has Contents, Index and Guide word. Print That Stands Out has Bold, Italics and Bullet. Pictures, Maps and Graphs has Inset, Cutaway, Legend and Compass rose. Boxes, Notes and Extras has Sidebar and Pull quote.

Screens, readers and a hidden extra

Text Features on a Screen has Icon, Menu and Thumbnail. How Readers Use Text Features has Skim, Scan and Preview. In Features With a Feature Inside, pupils find Subheading, then heading in it.

  • Table of contents is hidden as Contents, and bold print as Bold or Boldface.
  • Under More options, tick Show clues, not words. Pupils read "The box on a map or chart that explains its symbols" and hunt for Legend.
  • Cross section, Compass rose, Pie chart and six more two-part terms are hidden with no gap: COMPASSROSE.

Questions and answers

What are text features?

The parts of a text, apart from its main body of words, that help a reader find information. The Common Core reading standards for grade 2 name captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus and icons.

What is the difference between a glossary and an index?

A glossary lists hard or special words with their meanings. An index lists names and subjects in alphabetical order with the pages where each is mentioned. Both come in the back matter of a book.

What is the difference between a caption and a label?

A caption is a title or short explanation that goes with a whole picture. A label is a word or phrase that names one thing in it.

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