Matching Pairs Nonfiction Text FeaturesOnline version Nonfiction Text Features by Robin Pratko 1 visual aid 2 heading 3 bolded words 4 date 5 section 6 source 7 caption 8 subheading 9 glossary 10 author when the article was written the description about a graphic/visual aid that explain how it relates to the article introduces the topic for a section of text., which appears in larger bolded text (but not as big as the title) a part of a text that gives the definitions or tells the meaning of certain words used words in the text printed in darker ink; these words are usually important vocabulary words that relate to the article The main title of a nonfiction text a part of the text that gives more information about a supporting detail of the article (separated by subheadings) The person who wrote the article, which is either in the beginning or at the end of a nonfiction article