Nonfiction Text Features

Help readers identify a picture or photograph and its parts.

• graphics

• captions

• labels

• index

Help readers see exactly what something or someone looks like.

• illustrations

• photographs

• graphics

• labels

May include charts, graphs, or cutaways. They are use to help readers better understand what the author is saying.

• graphics

• maps

• labels

• photographs

Helps readers picture things in their head.

• illustration

• photograph

• graphic

• comparison

Helps readers understand where something is in the world

• photograph

• illustration

• graphic

• map

When a word is bold, in italics, or underlined, it is an important word for readers to know.

• subtitles

• special print

• comparison

• graphics

Defines words from the book

• table of contents

• index

• glossary

• subtitles

Helps readers identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented.

• index

• subtitles

• glossary

• table of contents

Help organize informtion in the book so readers know what's important.

• subtitles

• index

• text features

Are special headings that help readers know what the next section of text will be about.

• headings

• subtitles

• captions

• labels