Nonfiction Text Features and Text Structures

Why do we use text features?

Select two answers

• To help identify big ideas

• So that we don't have to read the whole book.

• To provide support to the information the author gives.

• To figure out why the author wrote the book.

What is the function of a timeline?

• To help readers visualize what happened

• To help readers understand the time it took for something to happen or the order things happened

• To give you the main idea

• It has no function

What graphic text feature is shown in this example?

• photograph
• table
• map
• diagram

What are pictures taken with a camera to show objects as they appear in real life?

• Diagram
• Drawing
• Photograph
• Table

What is the difference between an illustration and a picture?

•  A picture is taken with a camera
• An illustration is drawn
• An illustration is drawn and a picture is taken with a real camera
• There is no difference 

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is. It tells you what you see in the picture.

• Glossary

• Index

• Table of contents

• Caption

Located in the back of the book this feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words.

• Captions

• Index

• Glossary

• None of the above

This is an example of a ___________?

• Index
• Table of contents
• Chart/Graph
• Caption

This feature list topics and gives you the page number to navigate to the information. Found in the front of the book.

• Index

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Diagram

This is an example of _______________. Located in the back of a book and gives the page number to a specific topic.

• a table of contents page

• an index page

• a glossary

• a title page