1. Text Features

2. Non-fiction Text Purpose:
Gain information or facts about people, places, things, or events

3. Table of Contents
The Table of Contents helps the reader identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented. It is found at the beginning of the book.
Table of Contents
How to choose a puppy 2
Helping your puppy adjust to his new home
Feeding your new puppy 10
Potty training a puppy 12

4. Index
An index is an alphabetical list of almost everything covered in the text, with page numbers. It is located at the back of the book.
Christmas cultural traditions 21, 22, introduction 20 presents 30
Easter 10-15
eggs 15

5. Photographs
Photographs help the reader understand exactly what something looks like.

6. Captions
Captions help the reader better understand a picture or photograph
Bison or buffalo once roamed the Great Plains.

7. Labels
petals
Labels help the reader identify a picture or photograph and/or its part.
stem
leaf

8. Cutaways
Cutaways help the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. (Like cutting a slice of something.)

9. Close-ups
Close-ups help the reader see details in something small.

10. Comparisons
Comparisons help the reader understand the size of one thing by comparing it to the size of something else. Comparisons may also be in the form of charts, tables, or graphs where you are comparing data.

11. Charts, Tables,and Graphs
Charts & Tables help the reader understand important information by listing it in a chart or table.
Graphs help the reader see relationships between things.
Color of M & Ms
Number of M & Ms
Red 4
Yellow 5
Blue 10
Green 3

12. Maps Maps help the reader understand where things are in the world.

13. Types of Print
Types of print help the reader by signaling, “Look at me! I’m important!” It may be bold print, italics, ALL CAPS, underlined, or larger print.
The old dresser draw screeched as the children slowly pulled it open. Inside they found and old document that gave directions to a lost gold mine.

14. Glossary
The glossary helps the reader understand key words that are in the text. It is an alphabetical listing of key words and their meaning. It is located in the back of the book. Other names: Important Words to Know.
captions cutaways
Captions – words describing what is happening in a picture or photograph
Close-ups – enlarged picture or object to show details in something small
Cutaways – picture or illustration that helps the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside. (Like cutting a slice of something)