Analyzing Text Features
National Geographic Reader:
Polar Bears
Author: Laura Marsh
Text Features
Help you to understand nonfiction text
Writing that tells you about real
people, places, and events
Contains facts and
details
Nonfiction Text
magazine
newspaper
textbook
Title
A good title gives you a clue
about the main topic of the
text.
The title of this story is
Polar Bears.
Is this a good title for this text? Why
or why not?
What would be another good title?
Table of Contents
Table of contents tells you
where to find specific
information.
What page should I turn to if I
want to know what polar bears
eat?
How would a table of contents
help me when I’m reading?
Headings
Headings tell you what that
specific section is about.
Based on the heading, what
information would we find in
this section?
Photographs
Show you what the object
looks like in real life.
What is the purpose of this
picture?
Captions
Captions tell you
about the picture.
Look at picture #5. Why
are the people in the
buggies?
Glossary
A glossary is found at the
end of the book and tells you
what words mean.
What is a cub?
What am I?
• I give you a clue about the main idea of the text.
I am a…
• I help you see what something looks like.
I am a…
What am I?
• I am at the end of the book and tell you what something
means.
I am the…
• Look at me when you want to find your information
quickly.
I am the…
What am I?
• Read me to find out what a part of the text is about.
I am a…
• I explain photographs.
I am a…
Photographs come from
National Geographic Reader: Polar Bears
By Laura Marsh