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Text signals are changes in formatting that are designed to help the reader navigate through the materials. When you first get a text, it is important to scan it for clues. These clues can help you PREDICT what information you will find in the text.
LOOK FOR:
Titles and SubtitlesImages/PicturesChartsGraphsPicturesText Features Topic Sentence (Check out the first sentence or two in a paragraph)LOOK FOR:
Text Features include:
ALL CAPSChanges in font size and styleBold, Underline, Italicsdashes - separating pieces of informationText Features include:
WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS INFORMATION?
WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS INFORMATION?
After viewing the different text features in the reading material, make a prediction.
Based on (name information found in text signals), I predict (what you think you will discover).
Read the material and determine whether or not your prediction was correct.
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