Nonfiction Text Features

Match the feature with the job it does in a nonfiction text. glossary lists important vocabulary words with their definitions index lists specific topics and their page numbers chart or table shows information in an organized way; helps you understand and interpret data and information photographs shows something from the topic in real life map an illustration of an area of land or sea table of contents a list of chapters and the page numbers on which they begin heading a small title at the head of a page or a section of text diagram an illustration that shows the parts of something caption words above, under, or beside a photograph or illustration to tell us what is being shown bold or italicized words shows that a word is important, like a vocabulary word title identifies topic of text; tells what text will be about title page tells a books title, author, illustrator and publisher illustration drawn by an artist; shows what something looks like label tells name of parts of in a photo or illustration graph organizes and helps compare information in a visible way bullet points makes a list easier to read and understand fact box gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic