Parts of nonfiction books that help you find and understand information
What is a text feature?
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Side Bar
Map
What allows readers to understand where the event took place?
Diagrams with labels
What shows parts of something?
Located on the front page
What is a title?
A picture taken by a camera.
What is a photograph?
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Bullets
Side Bar
What allows readers additional information that is not vital to the text?
Bold text
What helps readers pay attention to important words?
Located in the back and gives definitions.
What is a glossary?
Important words that are darker than other works. Often found in the glossary.
What are bold words?
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Index
Captions
What gives information about a photograph?
Table of contents
What shows the reader where to find something in the book?
Found on the side of a piece of work.
What is a side bar?
Tells you how to pronounce words correctly.
What is a pronunciation chart?
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Bullets
What lists main points, details, or examples?
Headings and subheads
What chunks apart and lets you know the main idea of a piece of work or paragraph?
What is a caption?
Shows readers the order in which information took place.
What is a timeline?
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Charts
Index
What is a list of topics or people in the text?
Title
Found in near the front of the book. Helps the reader find information.
What is the table of contents?