Nonfiction Text Features

Front

What is a picture or geographical representation of the Earth's surface?

Back

Map

Front

What do you call a title at the top of the page, or the beginning of a new chapter or section?

Back

Heading

Front

What tells the name of the book?

Back

Title

Front

What is a labeled picture that shows the parts of something?

Back

Diagram

Front

What is an alphabetical list of important words in a book and their meanings?

Back

Glossary

Front

What feature helps you find specific topics in a book?

Back

Index

Front

What is a list of chapters and their page numbers at the beginning of a book?

Back

Table of Contents

Front

What do you call a visual representation of data, often using bars or lines?

Back

Graph

Front

What is a short summary of the main ideas of a text?

Back

Abstract

Front

What is a feature that provides additional information about a topic, often in a box?

Back

Sidebar