Nonfiction Text Features Chart

Text Feature Purpose Example

Identifies the topic of
the text and tells
Title
what the text will be
about
Bones and More Bones
Gives the reader The Skeletal System

more information
Subtitle
about the topic of
the text

Tells a book’s title,

Title Page author, illustrator, and
publisher

Tells the names of

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

Tells on what pages

Index the reader can find
certain topics
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Text Feature Purpose Example

Tells the definitions of

Glossary some of the words
found in a text

Divides the text into

sections and explains
Heading
what the section will
be about

Shows what
something looks like
Photograph
and is taken with a
camera

Shows what
something looks like
Illustration
and is drawn by an
artist

Explains what a
Caption photograph or
illustration is about
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Text Feature Purpose Example
Tells the name of
certain parts of the
Label
photograph or
illustration

Organizes and helps

Graph compare information in
a visual way

Organizes facts and

numbers in a visual
Table
way so they easier to
read and understand

Shows where places

Map
or events are located

Explains information or
Diagram how something words
in a visual way
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Text Feature Purpose Example
Shows what words
are important or what
Bold Print
words can be found in
the glossary

Shows what a word is

Italics important, can place
emphasis on an idea

Makes lists easier to

Bullet Points
read and understand

Gives interesting
Fact Box / facts or extra
Sidebar information about a
topic