what is a glossary and its purpose
list of terms & definitions found in the back of a book. purpose - to provide easy-to-access for important vocabulary.
what is table of contents and its purpose
lists subjects or topics found in a text in the order they appear. purpose - to give reader a overview & help find information.
what is a perface and its purpose
a intorduction passage wrote by author. purpose - to intorduce readers to they main topic, author and discuss the purpose of the text.
what is a appendix and its purpose
extra materail in the back of text. Gives additional information on the topic. more than one = appendices. purpose - to offer additional info to a reader to help understand.
what is a index and its purpose
a detalied alphabetical listing of names places and topics along with numbers of the pages they were on. purpose - help readers find specific info quickly.
what is a title and its purpose
the name/topic of the main text. purpose - indicate what the main text is about.
what is a heading and its purpose
the title of a short section with in the main text. purpose - indicate main idea of section & organize info.
what is a subheading and its purpose
title of a topic UNDER a heading. purpose - to organize the info under a heading.
what is a caption and its purpose
text that describes whats being showen in a image. purpose - to help readers understand whats being showen by giving info.
what lables and its purpose
words that identify/explain the different parts of an image. purpose - to help readers identify & understand what they are looking at.
what is bullet points and its purpose
used to list item/ideas in a text. purpose - break up a lot of text into chucks
what is a sidebars and its purpose
a small section of text inserted in main text. purpose - provide extra info thats not needed but is interesting.
what is a charts/tables and its purpose
presents fact or figures in colums or rows. purpose - summerise imortant ideas & organize info.
what is graphs and its purpose
visual comparisons of data & info in bars, pies, line format. purpose - to help readers compare info easy.
what is a diagram and its purpose
simplified images breaks into parts. purpose - help readers understand steps.
