Text Features: Headings, Captions and Diagrams

0:00How could we make this short text easier to read and understand?

0:05Right now it is just a block of words, with nothing to guide the reader.

0:10Text features are the parts of a page that guide the reader, so let us add three.

0:16A heading is a short title above the text that tells you what it is about.

0:22When you skim a page, the headings help you find the part you need.

0:26A diagram is a simple labelled drawing that shows how something works.

0:32Its labels name each part, so you can match the drawing to the words.

0:37A caption is the short line under a picture that explains what it shows.

0:43The words, the diagram and the caption all tell the same idea in different ways.

0:49Before, the page was just words.

0:52After, the same words have a heading, a diagram and a caption.

0:57Headings, captions and diagrams are text features that help you find and understand information.