Print Features
Graphic Features
Organizational Features
Electronic Features
100
This page at the front of a book gives the title, author, publisher, and year of publication.
Title Page
100
A camera-made image that shows real people, places, or things used to support nonfiction text.
Photograph
100
Lists chapters or sections and the pages where they begin; helps readers find chapters quickly.
Table of Contents
100
A clickable element in digital text that opens another webpage or resource.
Hyperlink
200
Words are printed darker to call attention to key terms or vocabulary in a nonfiction text.
Bold Words
200
A drawn picture that explains or supports information, not a photograph.
Illustration
200
Lists topics alphabetically with page numbers where they appear in the book.
Index
200
Text set apart or styled so it is obvious to a reader when tapped or clicked (example: a blue underlined phrase).
Hyperlink or Clickable text
300
A short list format that organizes related facts or steps, often using dots or symbols.
Bullet Points
300
A labeled picture that shows parts of an object or organism (for example, parts of a plant).
Labels
300
Defines important terms, usually in alphabetical order, at the back of a book.
Glossary
300
Text or images that link to other places; often used for further reading or source information in digital nonfiction.
Link
400
Words that are slanted to emphasize titles or certain words; often used for book titles.
Italicized Words
400
A magnified view that shows small details more clearly (e.g., scales on a butterfly’s wing).
Close-up
400
Place events in order by time to show sequence (for example, founding, expansion, changes of a country).
Timeline
400
A feature that provides additional information about an image in digital or print format and often appears beneath a photo.
Caption
500
Two words that appear at the top of a dictionary or glossary page, showing the first and last entries on that page.
Guide Words
500
A diagram that shows parts, processes, or relationships such as evaporation, clouds, and rain.
Diagram
500
A boxed area set apart from the main text that shares extra facts or important information.
Text box
500
Digital navigation element that takes you directly to sections or pages (similar function to a table of contents but in an online format).
Digital Table of Contents