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fiction text is based on facts. It is really any text which isn't fiction (a madeup story or poetry). Nonfiction texts come in a huge variety of types. You find them everywhere in life, from the back of the cereal packet at breakfast, to a text book at the library.

The term text features is used in an academic setting to describe all of the components or features associated with an article or nonfiction text that are not considered the main text.

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.

Nonfiction text features include the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and their captions, and labeled diagrams. Students need the opportunity to both learn how to identify the nonfiction text features and how to use them.

The elements within narrative nonfiction are similar to those found within novels, including: well-developed characters, engaging dialogue, a story that follows a narrative arc, an identifiable theme, and the use of literary devices such as symbolism and imagery.

Text structures refer to the way authors organize information in text. Recognizing the underlying structure of texts can help students focus attention on key concepts and relationships, anticipate what is to come, and monitor their comprehension as they read.

Text features are used to help the reader better understand informational texts. Graphic aids organize information or present them in a visual way.

Examples of text structures include: sequence/process, description, time order/chronology, proposition/support, compare/contrast, problem/solution, cause/effect, inductive/deductive, and investigation.

Text features include all the components of a story or article that are not the main body of text. These include the table of contents, index, glossary, headings, bold words, sidebars, pictures and captions, and labeled diagrams.

This lesson teaches five common text structures used in informational and nonfiction text: description, sequence, cause and effect, compare and contrast, and problem and solution.