1. Non-Fiction Text Features
EQ: What text features do
non-fiction texts have?

2. Text Features
A Text Feature is something in a Non-Fiction text that helps the reader understand the information.
Examples of Text Features:
Titles, Graphs, Pictures, A Glossary

3. Text Features Titles Table of Contents Photographs Drawings Lists
Directions
Headings
Captions for Pictures
Labels on Pictures
Different Print (bold/italics)
Diagrams
Glossary & Index
Charts, Graphs
Maps
Word Bubbles
Chunking

4. List Titles Table of Contents Photographs Drawings Lists Directions
Headings
Captions for Pictures
Labels on Pictures
Different Print (bold/italics)
Diagrams
Glossary & Index
Charts, Graphs
Maps
Word Bubbles
Chunking

5. Title Mice Are Everywhere
In North America, there are hundreds of kinds of mice. Mice live in many different places. These small creatures can live in hot or cold or wet or dry climates, in forests, in fields, or in the mountains. Many make their homes in burrows in the ground or in tunnels under the snow. Some are excellent swimmers and live near marshes, while others live in trees. Their homes, lined with soft moss, are shaped like little round balls and are made with twigs, string, cloth, or grass. Mice search out safe places to hide from their many enemies.

6. Italics Mice Are Everywhere
In North America, there are hundreds of kinds of mice. Mice live in many different places. These small creatures can live in hot or cold or wet or dry climates, in forests, in fields, or in the mountains. Many make their homes in burrows in the ground or in tunnels under the snow. Some are excellent swimmers and live near marshes, while others live in trees. Their homes, lined with soft moss, are shaped like little round balls and are made with twigs, string, cloth, or grass. Mice search out safe places to hide from their many enemies.

7. Bold Print Mice Are Everywhere
In North America, there are hundreds of kinds of mice. Mice live in many different places. These small creatures can live in hot or cold or wet or dry climates, in forests, in fields, or in the mountains. Many make their homes in burrows in the ground or in tunnels under the snow. Some are excellent swimmers and live near marshes, while others live in trees. Their homes, lined with soft moss, are shaped like little round balls and are made with twigs, string, cloth, or grass. Mice search out safe places to hide from their many enemies.

8. Table of Contents

9. Diagram/Cross Section

10. Drawing w/Labels

11. Illustration

12. Map

13. Photograph

14. Captions
Driver #33 in the Lead at the Daytona 500 in 1999 Race.

15. Word Bubble