Text Features
Text Features
Text Features
Nonfiction
Text
Text Features
Examples of Text
Features
With Definitions
Explanations for
How Text Features
Help Readers
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Animal Food..Page 2
It outlines the main
Animal Habitats . .Page 3 topics or main points.
Animal Homes ...Page 4
Readers can use the
Chapter 2: All About Plants
table of contents to
Photosynthesis .Page 5
help locate
Types of Plants .Page 6
information in the
book and see how
everything is
organized.
Index
A
Abu Simbel, temple of, p73
Acadia, Canada, 212-213
Acid rain, 396, c396-c397, 396397
Animal Adaptations p1
Animal Food p2
Animal Habitats p3
Animal Homes p5
Is an alphabetical
listing of the key
names, terms,
events, and topics
with page numbers.
Readers use the
index to help find
pages that contain
information they are
looking for.
Glossary
A
Acid rain (AS ihd rayn)
rain that carries certain
kind of pollution.
Adapt (uh DAPT) to
change in order to
survive in new
environments
How would the glossary help
the reader understand text
about animal adaptations?
Titles
Titles tell the reader the
topic of the text.
Titles show the main idea
of the text.
Titles help the reader by
letting them know what
they are about to read.
Subheadings
Helpful Ants
Although ants are frustrating when
they get in homes, ants do help the
environment. They help control the
population of damaging pests such as
termites.
Types of Ants
Types of ants include fire ants, which
cause a painful sting, and carpenter
ants, which damage wood structures
while nest building. Other types of
ants include honey, pharaoh, house,
Argentine, and the thief ant.
important information.
Photographs
Illustrations
Photos and illustrations
give information in a
visual way.
They help tell the story.
They work with the
words and headings to
help teach material.
Captions
A caption
explains what
is shown in a
picture or
illustration.
Captions help
the reader
understand
information
that may or
may not be in
the text.
Textbox
A textbox provides more
information than is in the
text about a topic.
A textbox can include
interesting facts or
important information the
author wants the reader
to know.
Textboxes help readers
One of the textboxes above asks understand by creating
interest or emphasizing
the reader to solve a mystery
about a Tasmanian Devil. Why important information.
would he include this mystery?
Maps
Maps are drawings that
show the basic shape of the
land and other geographical,
political, or historical
features.
They present information in
a visual form.
Diagrams
A diagram is a drawing
that shows or explains
something.
To understand a diagram
the reader should read
the titles, labels, captions,
and numbered parts.
Tables
Tables organize large
amounts of information
in a small space.
Tables present all kinds
of data, from numbers
and amounts, to
calendars and menus.
Timelines
Timelines show
important events in
chronological order
or time order.