Non-Fiction Text Features

Front

What explains what each section of the text is going to be about?

Back

Subheading/Subtitle

Front

What gives more information about a picture or illustration?

Back

Caption

Front

An alphabetical listing of important words, terms, or ideas and which page you can find them on. It is found at the end of a text.

Back

Index

Front

Identifies what the text will be about

Back

Title

Front

Shows main events in chronological order or time order

Back

Timeline

Front

Gives the definitions of some of the important words in the text

Back

Glossary

Front

Provides reference for where places are in the world

Back

Map

Front

Notes the names of each chapter and gives page numbers. It is found at the beginning of a text.

Back

Table of Contents

Front

What helps signal that a word is important and/or found in the glossary?

Back

Special Print

Front

A text box that provides additional or more in-depth information

Back

Side Bar