Nonfiction Text Features

A title at the top of the page, or the beginning of a new chapter or section.

• Definition
• Heading
• Index

Pictures taken with a camera to show objects as they appear in real life.

• Diagram
• Drawing
• Photograph

A list of chapters in a book and the page numbers where each chapter starts.

• Index
• Table of Contents
• Glossary

Small text found near a picture that gives important information about the picture.

• Caption
• Glossary
• Photograph

 A picture or geographical representation of the Earth's surface.

• Graph
• Map
• Diagram

What is the text feature?

• caption
• map

What is the text feature?

• table of contents
• label

Where would you find a caption?

• Close to a picture
• At the top of a section
• On the table of contents
• In the glossary

What text feature is this?

• Heading

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

• Caption

What text feature is this?

• Labels

• Subheading

• Map

• Photograph