Text Features Text features such as , , , and, help readers understand what they’re reading and become with the text.

Writers use headings and subheadings to organize a text. These elements break up a text, make it easier to follow, and help readers quickly find information.
Writers use subheadings to separate text into .
Under each subheading, the author includes and to support the reader’s understanding of the text.
Each section contributes unique information that supports the overall focus of the text.
Each section of the article “Getting to Know Romeo and Juliet” the previous section to help readers understand the play.
The first section the play. The next two sections describe how the play is unique and give for the start of the play.

Organizational Patterns

Text features and separate sections help create a text’s . Authors also use organizational patterns to support the in the text.
To identify the organizational pattern of a passage, we can look at the
and the author uses.
These words and phrases help locate the of individual sentences or parts of a text.
Authors may also use organizational patterns to address multiple related to a topic or to better support a central idea.