Nonfiction Text Structure

A drawing that shows information and the relationships between pieces of that information.

• What is graph?
• What is photograph?
• What is caption?
• What is diagram?

The words that describe a picture in a magazine, book, or newspaper?

• What is index?
• What is subheading?
• What is caption?
• What is glossary?

The heading of a title of a section or subdivision of a printed text.

• What is heading?
• What is index?
• What is table of contents?
• What is subheading?

An alphabetical list of subjects, names, or other information in a book, with page numbers given for each thing on the list.

• What is index?
• What is glossary?
• What is table of contents?
• What is caption?

A drawing or plan that shows the parts of something or how the parts work together.

• What is caption?
• What is graph?
• What is photograph?
• What is diagram?

A list of all the big topics or chapters in a book in the order they'll be presented.

• What is glossary?
• What is table of contents?
• What is index?
• What is heading?

A list of unusual or difficult words and their meanings connected with a particular subject or particular piece of writing, often at the end of the text. 

• What is index?
• What is glossary?
• What is table of contents?
• What is caption?

A word or group of words at the top or front of a piece of writing; title.

• What is subheading?
• What is heading?
• What is index?
• What is caption?

A reader can use a table of contents to...

• learn more about the author's point of view.
• see how the book is organized and the topics it contains.
• find out more about the author's life goals.
• Identify the book's main character and setting.

What information isn't included in an index?

• alphabetized list
• page numbers of terms
• definitions
• events