Nonfiction Text Features

This feature is used to show what a section of a book is mostly about.

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

• Heading

• Photograph

This feature is found at the back of the book. It lists topics and tells you what page to find the topic on.

• Index

• Glossary

• Heading

• Diagram

This feature describes what is happening in the photo.

• Diagram

• Photograph

• Caption

• Heading

This is a real picture.

• Diagram

• Table of Contents

• Photograph

• Heading

This is a picture or drawing to show something in the text.

• Illustration

• Caption

• Heading

• Table of Contents

On which page would you find out about teeth?

• 5

• 12

• 22

• 16-17

Using the heading, what do you think this page will be mostly about?

• The language whales speak.

• How whales talk, or communicate, with each other.

• How to talk like a whale.

• How to call a whale on the phone.

What is one thing you can learn about on page 10?

• floating

• speed

• weight

• plankton