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Nonfiction Text Features Chart

Text Feature Purpose Example

Identifies the topic


Title of the text/tells what
the text will be about

Tells a book’s title,


Title Page author, illustrator,
and publisher

Tells the names of


Table of chapters and what
page the chapters
Contents can be found

Tells what pages the


Index reader can find
certain topics

Tells the definitions


Glossary of some of the words
found in a text

Divides the text into


sections and explains
Heading what the sections will
be about
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Nonfiction Text Features Chart
Text Feature Purpose Example

Shows what
something looks like
Photograph (taken with a
camera)

Shows what
Illustration something looks like
(drawn by an artist)

Explains what a
Caption photograph or
illustration is about

Tells the names of


certain parts of a
Labels photograph or
illustration

Organizes and helps


Graph compare information
in a visual way

Organizes facts and


numbers in a visual
Table way so it is easier
to read
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Nonfiction Text Features Chart
Text Feature Purpose Example

Shows where places/


Map events are located

Explains information
Diagram or how something
works in a visual way

Shows what words


are important or
Bold Print what words can be
found in the glossary

Shows that a word is


Italics important

Bullet Makes lists easier to


read and understand
Points
Gives interesting
Fact Box/ facts or extra
information about a
Side Bar topic
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Nonfiction Text Features Chart
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