Nonfiction Text Features

Front

A title is words on the cover that describe the book.

Back

Words on the cover that tell you what the book is all about.

Front

Table of contents:

Back

A part at the beginning that tells you where to find a topic.

Front

The heading is at the top of the page and indicates the content.

Back

Is at the top of the page and tells you what you are going to read about.

Front

Captions provide extra info about photos/illustrations.

Back

give extra information about photographs or illustrations

Front

Labels are...

Back

Something that helps you identify a picture and its parts.

Front

Bold words...

Back

are important to know.

Front

Example of an index?

Back

Front

Text feature?

Back

a graph

Front

Text feature?

Back

a map

Front

Photographs

Back

Show what something looks like in real life.