INFORMATION TEXT FEATURES & AUTHOR' PURPOSE

nonfiction

historical

read in order

real

true

educational

opinion

false

fake

fiction

verifiable

provable

facts

educate

entertain

share opinions

be creative

names the

text story

explains an illustration or

picture

names more

specifically

the story

provides evidence with a

photograph

Emphasizes

important ideas

like vocabulary

collection of ideas in a way

to understand

together

emphasizes

text or dialog

hand drawing

calls attention

to word that

need defining

locates important

information on

one side

Text Box

Illustration

Subtitle

Title

Caption

Internet Link

Parenthesis

Capitalized

Emphasis Text

discuss the similarities and differences

between frogs

explain the

text features

used

entertain the

reader with

a funny frog

story

make the reader

laugh at the

jokes

to fill the page

and write a

shorter

story

he entertain

readers who like

images of

animals

help the reader

visualize the

differences between the

pictures

to distract readers

and

help them think

the caps lock

was on

it was not important to read that information

it was part of bad dialogue

it draws attention to the the information

above paragraphs

below pictures or illustrations

bottom section of the story page

below the story title

left or right side of stories