Nonfiction Text Features

Divides the text into sections and explains what the sections will be about

• heading

• italics

• bold print

• bullet points

Words are slanted to show they are important

• title

• graph

• italics

• sidebar

Words are darker to show they are important

• title

• graph

• diagram

• bold print

small circles that make lists easier to read

• illustration

• bullet points

• photorgraph

• map

taken with a camera; shows what something looks like

• label

• table

• illustration

• photograph

drawn by an artist; shows what something looks like

• map

• glossary

• title page

• illustration

shows where places are located

• map

• caption

• title

• heading

at the beginning of a book; tells the name and chapters and the pages the chapters can be found on

• title page

• index

• table of contents

• label

list facts and numbers in a visual way

• caption

• table

• heading

• bold print

tells the name of certain parts of a photograph or illustration

• title

• graph

• label

• index