Features of NonFiction Texts

This gives the heading and beginning page of each section of the book.

• Glossary

• Index

• Table of contents

• Photograph

This is a hand-drawn picture that helps the reader visualize the text.

• Photograph

• Illustration

• Caption

• Diagram

It is a picture that shows the location of things or places.

• Heading

• Photograph

• Italic print

• Map

it shows information in a visual way so that it can be understood by readers.

• Graph

• Bold print

• Map

• Illustration

It is a drawing that shows the parts of something.

• Illustration

• Bold print

• Diagram

• Table of contents

It calls attention to new and important words.

• Table of contents

• Glossary

• Bold print

• Photograph

This tells the reader what the section of reading is about

• Heading

• Glossary

• Index

• Caption

This lists words alphabetically and often gives the page numbers where the words occur in the text.

• Caption

• Glossary

• Map

• Index

This is slanted text that identifies new or important words.

• Glossary

• Italic print.

• Table of contents

• Photograph

It is a picture made with a camera that shows how things look in real life.

• Photograph

• Heading

• Map

• Illustration