Nonfiction Text Features Chart Text Feature Purpose Example

Identifies the topic Title of the text/tells what the text will be about

Tells a book’s title, Title Page author, illustrator, and publisher

Tells the names of Table of chapters and what page the chapters Contents can be found

Tells what pages the Index reader can find certain topics

Tells the definitions Glossary of some of the words found in a text

Divides the text into sections and explains Heading what the sections will be about

Shows what something looks like Photograph (taken with a camera)

Shows what Illustration something looks like (drawn by an artist)

Explains what a Caption photograph or illustration is about

Tells the names of certain parts of a Labels photograph or illustration

Organizes and helps Graph compare information in a visual way

Organizes facts and numbers in a visual Table way so it is easier to read

Shows where places/ Map events are located

Explains information Diagram or how something works in a visual way

Shows what words are important or Bold Print what words can be found in the glossary

Shows that a word is Italics important

Bullet Makes lists easier to Points read and understand

Gives interesting Fact Box/ facts or extra information about a Side Bar topic

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