Non Fiction Text Features
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This document discusses the various text features found in non-fiction works that help readers better understand the content. Some of the major text features it outlines include tables of contents, indexes, glossaries, titles and subheadings, photographs and illustrations, and infographics like tables, charts, timelines and maps. These features provide contextual information outside of the main body text that can help readers locate specific information, understand key terms, and grasp the overall structure and topics being covered.
Non Fiction Text Features
- 1. Non-Fiction Text Features Shanghai American School-Puxi 3rd Grade
- 2. What are text features? Authors include text features to help the reader better understand what they have read. Text features provide information that may not be written in the text itself. Text features can be found in textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.
- 3. Major Text Features? Table of Contents Index Glossary Titles/Subheadings Text (Bold, Color, & Italics) Photographs Illustrations Infographics Tables, Charts, Timelines, Maps, etc.
- 4. Table of Contents Lists the major parts of a book along with their page numbers. It outlines the main topics or main points. Readers can use the table of contents to help locate information in the book and see how everything is organized.
- 5. This is what it looks like on the web
- 6. Index 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.
- 7. Use CMd + F as index for web pages Will locate words you search for on page
- 8. Glossary A list of key terms in alphabetical order. Each key word is defined. Sometimes a glossary also tells you how to pronounce a word. Readers use the glossary to look up key terms to find out their meaning. This helps the reader better learn and understand the subject.
- 9. Links serve as the glossary on some web pages
- 10. Titles/Subheadings 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. Titles focus the reader on a topic so they can make connections between what they already know and the text.
- 11. Different size fonts serve as headings/subheadings
- 12. Photographs/Infographs Maps are drawings that show the basic shape of the land and other geographical, political, or historical features.
- 13. Photographs /Illustrations Photos and illustrations give information in a visual way.
- 14. Captions A caption explains what is shown in a picture or illustration.
- 15. Diagrams The style and color of the text sends the reader signals about how to read the content. A diagram is a drawing that shows or explains something.