Sometimes teachers and students lump nonfiction and informational text together. While that’s not altogether incorrect, informational text serves a specific purpose. Informational text serves to convey information about the natural or social world. Unlike biographies or other nonfiction texts, informational text serves distinct purposes for readers. Informational text also comes in many forms – for example, print books, ebooks, web pages, brochures, and magazines.
Text Features: Defined
In order to make the most of their reading experiences, it is important for students to learn about the text features that will support their comprehension of the text. Text features are similar to story elements that help students make sense of fiction. Specific text features help the reader navigate the text and support comprehension.
Supporting Readers
Specifically, text features help the reader make sense of what they are reading. Text features support comprehension in that they help readers identify what is important within the text. Without support and direction, less-skilled readers may simply skip over the many text features which would help them better understand the text.
Informational text features include a table of contents, bold-faced words, charts, graphs, illustrations, photographs, maps, graphs, an index, and more. The chart below summarizes text features and how they support readers:
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