Nonfiction Text Features

This is used to show you where something is.

Where can a reader find the index?

In a nonfiction book, where can you find what the bold print words mean?

This shows information as a picture.

What is at the top of the page or section and tells what the text will be about?

This nonfiction text feature tells the names of the chapters and what page the chapters can be found.

This nonfiction text feature tells the names of certain parts of a photograph or illustration.

This nonfiction text feature tells what page the reader can find certain topics. The topics are listed in alphabetical order.

Words that tell us information about a picture are called the _________________.

Important words the author wants us to notice