Nonfiction Text Features

Tells the topics that are in the book and what page you can find them.

• Index

• Glossary

• Table of content

Give the reader an idea of what the text will be about.

• Heading

• Title

• Caption

Is an alphabetical list of important words and their definitions.

• Index

• Table of Content

• Glossary

Real pictures taken by a camera that help us better understand the topic.

• Photographs

• Illustrations

• Captions

Small text near a picture that tells information.

• Label

• Heading

• Caption

The name of a section headings give us a preview of what you will be reading.

• Heading

• Diagram

• Chart

Words that tell about a specific part of a picture or diagram.

• Bold print

• Charts

• Labels

A labeled picture that shows the parts of something.

• Chart

• Diagram

• Index

Shows event in chronological order.

• Timeline

• Table of content

• Glossary