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Understanding Textual Aids and Their Uses

Textual aids are visual elements like titles, bold/italic text, charts, diagrams, maps, and tables that are used to highlight important information and ideas in a text. They help readers memorize and learn key concepts more easily. Common types of textual aids include titles, graphic organizers, flow charts, Venn diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, concept maps, pie graphs, line graphs, and timelines. Each type presents information in a visual format to focus readers' attention and identify important ideas.

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Understanding Textual Aids and Their Uses

Textual aids are visual elements like titles, bold/italic text, charts, diagrams, maps, and tables that are used to highlight important information and ideas in a text. They help readers memorize and learn key concepts more easily. Common types of textual aids include titles, graphic organizers, flow charts, Venn diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, concept maps, pie graphs, line graphs, and timelines. Each type presents information in a visual format to focus readers' attention and identify important ideas.

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  • Textual Aids
  • Purpose of Textual Aids
  • Forms/examples of Textual Aids

Textual Aids

Reshelle Joy C. Lagra


Textual aids
• also called text features, are visual
elements on a page such as titles,
bold or italic prints, charts,
diagrams, maps and tables,
written texts, prints and some
other way of writing for an
important word to stand out from
the other. 
Purpose of Textual Aids
• This will make it easy for readers to
memorize, remember, and learn
important words more quickly and
easily. 
• focus the reader's attention on specific
parts of the text, and help the reader
identify important ideas in the reading
Forms/examples of Textual Aids:
1. TITLE
 gives the gist
(essence of a
speech or text) of
the story. It
summarizes the
main ideas or ideas
of your study. 
2. Graphic Organizer
• is a visual display that
demonstrates
relationships between
facts, concepts or
ideas.
• A graphic organizer
guides the learner's
thinking as they fill in
and build upon a visual
map or diagram.
3. Flow chart
• is a graphical or
symbolic representation
• The flow chart
of a process. Each step in symbols are
the process is represented linked together
by a different symbol and
with arrows
contains a short
description of the process showing the
step. process flow
direction.
4. Venn Diagram
• is a diagram used to identify
the similarities and differences
between two or more concepts.
It is represented by two
overlapping circles.
5. Cause & Effect Diagram
• emphasizes the connection
between the different concepts.
This is called the most
beneficial organizer. Since it
can be applied to all subject
areas.
6. Concept Maps
• are general organizer or textual aids
that can show the central thought with
its matching characteristics. This kind
of maps can also be used to show or
rank the hierarchical relationships as
the most significant concept or
concepts should be placed at the top.
7. Pie Graph
•is a circular chart which
is divided into slices or
portions to illustrate
proportion.
8. Line Graph
• is a common type of chart
which displays the information
as a series of data points
connected by line segments to
show trends.
9. Timelines
•is a graphic
representation of the
passage of time.

Textual Aids Reshelle Joy C. Lagra
Textual aids •also called text features, are visual elements on a page such as titles, bold or italic prints, charts, diag
Purpose of Textual Aids • This will make it easy for readers to memorize, remember, and learn important words more quic
Forms/examples of Textual Aids: 1. TITLE  gives the gist (essence of a speech or text) of the story. It summarizes the
2. Graphic Organizer • is a visual display that demonstrates relationships between facts, concepts or ideas. • A graphi
3. Flow chart • is a graphical or symbolic representation of a process. Each step in the process is represented by a
4. Venn Diagram •is a diagram used to identify the similarities and differences between two or more concepts. It is repr

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