Nonfiction Text Features

What provides information that may not be written in a nonfiction text?

• narrator

• text features

• puzzles

• text clues

Where will you NOT find nonfiction text features?

• textbook

• magazine

• fantasy novel

• web page

What feature is found at the beginning of a text and lists the main topics and page numbers.

• index

• glossary

• table of contents

• captions

What is used to divide and label sections of text and is either bold or larger than the rest of the text?

• headings and titles

• indexes and glossaries

• captions and words

• bold words

How might an author emphasize text to catch the readers attention?

• bold

• italics

• color

• all of these

What might be used to show information in a visual way in nonfiction text?

• photographs and illustrations

• text box

• bold text

• index

What is the text explaining an illustration or picture called?

• heading

• definition

• description

• caption

This text feature shows the basic shape of land and includes geographical, political, or historical features.

• illustration

• map

• chart

• graph

A nonfiction text might include drawings that show or explain something in more details. These are called:

• diagrams

• photographs

• captions

• artwork

These text features help organize data and information in one space.

• illustrations

• photographs

• tables

• covers