Is it Fiction or Nonfiction
Types of Features
Features
Features 2
Feature 3
100
The Three Little Pigs
What is fiction.
100

A feature that uses labels 

What is a diagram

100
Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.
What is a map.
100
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like. Not a drawing.
What is a photograph.
100

Using the words in or around a word you don't know, are what kind of clues?

What are context clues.

200

A biography about the life of a President

What is nonfiction.

200
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold.
200
When the letters of the text are darker and thicker it's called
BOLD text
200
The number at the bottom of the page is called.
Page number
200

Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.

What is a timeline.

300
A book about bears describing different types of bears, where they live, and what food they eat.
What is nonfiction.
300
How do we know what book we are reading? We should read the...
What is the title.
300
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
What is a glossary.
300
Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.
What are captions.
300

The topic + the point is called?

What is the central idea

400
A story about a girl who can talk to animals.
What is fiction.
400

When feature gives the reader information in a chart form?

What are graphs

400
Feature that tell the main topics and sections of the book and what pages they are on.
What is the table of contents.
400

You might find this at the beginning of a new section, set apart from other text, and in BOLD text. Think: they are like mini titles 

What are headings.

400

These help you better understand the information in the text

What is a text feature.

500

An article in a newspaper 

What is nonfiction.

500

Is a nonfiction text real or made up?

Real
500
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
500

Features that can be drawings are called?

What are illustrations

500

Words in BOLD text tell us...

That the words are important 

Bonus: we will be able to find the definitions in the glossary

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