Describing Text Features

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