What is the purpose of bold terms and captions in a text?

• A. To decorate pages with visual appeal.
• B. To indicate the author or publication date.
• C. To highlight important terms and help understand content.
• D. To separate chapters from each other.

Answer: (C)

Formatting helps you understand a text by signaling important ideas and labeling visual information. Bold terms mark key ideas or new vocabulary, so your eye notices them and you know these words matter and may be defined or explained later. Captions attach to pictures, charts, or diagrams and briefly explain what you’re seeing and how it connects to the text. This combination helps you skim for main points, locate facts quickly, and remember what you read. They aren’t about decoration; bold text doesn’t show author or date, and captions aren’t used to separate chapters—the job of headings or page breaks.