Text Features

Which of the following are examples of informational texts?

• Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

• A book about polar bears

• A YouTube video about why birds lay eggs

• The Diary of a Wimpy Kid

What is the purpose of subheadings?

• To help the reader understand the author’s opinion

• To help the reader visualize the information

• To help the reader find the main ideas in each section

• To help the reader place events in order

The purpose of graphics (such as graphs, tables, pictures, or maps) is to ____________

• Help the reader visualize important information 
• Describe what is found in a photo or illustration 
• Separate text into sections based on main ideas 
• Show information that occurs in a certain order 

The text feature in the yellow box is called a(an) 

• caption
• diagram
• timeline
• sidebar

This is an example of

• Table

• Graph

• Illustration

• Caption

What does the word drizzle mean?

• when water covers land
• tiny drops of water that float together
• a light, misty rain
• a long time without rain

This is an example of a ___________?

• Index
• Table of contents
• Chart/Graph
• Caption

What is the arrow pointing to?

• Heading

• Picture

• Caption

• Bold Word

The FASTEST way to find out what a nonfiction text is about would be to look at the...

• Captions

• Glossary

• Graphs

• Title

• GLOSSARY
• INDEX
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• SUBHEADING