Nonfiction Text Features

Help the reader to better understand nonfiction text

• text structure

• author's purpose

• text features

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

The name of the text; helps the reader identify the topic

• table of contents

• index

• title

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A simple series of words, such as objects, names, or ideas

• heading

• bullets

• list

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Used to separate the items or materials in a list

• photograph

• bullets

• diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Supplies needed for a project or recipe

• materials or items

• bullets

• heading

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.3.3

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

Helps the reader to know what something looks like; taken with a camera

• photograph

• illustration

• caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader to know what something looks like; a drawing or painting

• photograph

• illustration

• caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader to understand what is happening in the illustration or photograph

• caption

• heading

• bold, italics, or underlined words

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A simple image or picture using lines to explain where something is or how something works

• subheading

• diagram

• glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Helps the reader to identify the parts of an image or picture

• labels

• bullets

• title

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7