Text Features
The parts of a text outside the main prose — titles, headings, subheadings, bold and italic type, captions, sidebars, footnotes, a table of contents, an index, and a glossary — that organize content and help readers locate information.
Italics and boldface signal emphasis or key vocabulary, while headings preview the section’s content. Skimming the text features first is a fast way to predict a passage’s organization before reading.