Nonfiction Text FEATURES

What are nonfiction text features?

What text feature is this?

Diagram

Illustration

Timeline

Table of Contents

This defines vocabulary words in the text. It is in the back of the book.

This explains what a picture means.

This is at the beginning of the book. It lists the topics in the order that they go in the book.

What do authors use to show places? Options:

map

picture with caption

index

bold words

What do authors use to make new vocabulary words stand out?
Options: glossary, diagram, bold words, graph

What do authors use to show events in the order that they happened?

What is found in the back of the book and lists the page number for information on topics?

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