Text Features

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Text Features

Non-Fiction Writing

What are Nonfiction Text Features?

• All components of an article that are NOT the main body of text.

What is the Purpose?

• Help you locate important information in a text

• Help you understand ideas in more depth

• Help you identify topics within a text

• Help you identify key ideas

Types of Text Features

• Title

• Subtitle

• Headings

• Glossary

• Index

• Pictures and Captions

• Charts and Graphs

Multiple Choice

What do text features do to help the reader?

• Help the article look pretty

• Help the reader understand the text better

• Help the reader to see better

• Help the reader to be smarter

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• caption

• illustration

• title

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• caption

• index

• glossary

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• glossary

• index

• title

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• index

• photograph

• table contents

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• illustration

• bold/italic/colored text

• caption

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• bold/italic/colored text

• caption

• title

Multiple Choice

What was that text feature?

• title

• index

• subheading

Multiple Choice

What text feature was that?

• photographs/illustrations

• bold text

• title

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of a non-fiction...

• bold print

• highlight

• photograph

Multiple Choice

The arrow is pointing to an example of a...

• caption

• label

• illustration

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of a non-fiction...

• bold print

• diagram

• illustration

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of non-fiction...

• bold print

• glossary

• subheading

• table of contents

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of a non-fiction...

• glossary

• heading

• table of contents

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of a non-fiction...

• photograph

• diagram

• illustration

Multiple Choice

The words circled are known as...

• bold print

• highlight

• labels

Multiple Choice

This image is an example of a non-fiction...

• title

• heading

• table of contents

Hotspot

Click the point that represents a "bold word."

Multiple Choice

Explains what a photograph or illustration or photograph is about.

• heading

• electronic menu

• photograph

• caption

Multiple Choice

Appears under the heading and organizes the text.

• heading

• hyperlink

• subheading

• photograph

Multiple Choice

A title at the head of the page or section

• heading

• illustration

• icon

• caption

Multiple Choice

Identifies what the text will be about

• Subheading/subtitle

• Caption

• Map

• Title

Multiple Choice

Shows main events in chronological order or time order

• Label

• Timeline

• Index

• Glossary

Multiple Choice

Gives the definitions of some of the important words in the text

• Map

• Index

• Glossary

• Table of Contents

Multiple Choice

Bold, colored, and italicized print all help to signal that a word is important and/or found in the glossary

• Special Print

• Side Bar

• Table/Graph

• Photograph

Multiple Choice

A text box that provides additional or more in-depth information

• Table of Contents

• Caption

• Illustration

• Side Bar

Multiple Choice

A real image that shows what something looks like

• Illustration

• Map

• Photograph

• Index

Multiple Choice

A drawing or sketch that shows what something looks like

• Illustration

• Map

• Photograph

• Table/Graph

Multiple Choice

Tells the names and parts of a diagram, photo, or illustration

• Caption

• Index

• Side Bar

• Label

Multiple Choice

What are text features?

• Special elements found in non-fiction text that help readers understand the text

• Important details in the text that draw the reader's attention

• Elements that divide a non-fiction text into sections

• Photographs and labels in a non-fiction text

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of text features?

• To confuse the reader

• To provide additional information not included in the main text

• To make the text more visually appealing

• To make the text longer