Headings Name Each Section

Use headings to find what each part of a nonfiction text is about.

Many nonfiction books are split into parts called sections. Each section has a heading, a short title in bold letters above it. The heading tells what that section is mostly about.

Picture a book about whales with three headings: 'What Whales Eat,' 'Where Whales Live,' and 'How Whales Breathe. ' If you want to know about whale food, you go to 'What Whales Eat. ' Each heading is like the main idea of that small part.

Reading the headings first is a quick way to see how the whole book is organized.

• 1A heading is a short title for a section.
• 2It tells what that part is mostly about.
• 3Read the headings first to see the plan.