Non-Fiction Text Features

Explains what each section of the text is going to be about

• Side Bar

• Title

• Caption

• Subheading/Subtitle

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Gives more information about a picture or illustration

• Title

• Illustration

• Subheading/subtitle

• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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.

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

• Index

• Side Bar

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Identifies what the text will be about

• Subheading/subtitle

• Caption

• Map

• Title

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Shows main events in chronological order or time order

• Label

• Timeline

• Index

• Glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

• Map

• Index

• Glossary

• Special Print

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Provides reference for where places are in the world

• Graph/Table

• Map

• Illustration

• Photograph

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

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

• Glossary

• Timeline

• Side Bar

• Table of Contents

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Bold, colored, and italicized print all help to signal that a word is important and/or found in the glossary

• Special Print

• Side Bar

• Table/Graph

• Photograph

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

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

• Table of Contents

• Caption

• Illustration

• Side Bar

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5