Nonfiction Text Features
Any text that is darker than the other words
Bold text
The words giant and huge are called this.
Synonyms
This prefix means again.
re-
Dictionary
Texts that are based on facts, true events, and real people
Nonfiction texts
A list that tells you which page information can be found on (usually at the front of a book or article)
Table of contents
Name an antonym for the word new
Old, ancient, elderly, historic
This suffix means without.
-less
Someone would use this reference book to find a map of the United States.
Atlas
Fiction texts are this.
Not true, made up
The main title at the beginning of an article or chapter
Heading
Name an antonym for the word rarely
Often, usually, generally, ordinarily, frequently
Write a word that uses prefix "pre-" correctly.
Preheat, preschool, preseason, prepay, preview
Someone would use a thesaurus to find a ___________ of a word
Synonym or antonym
Recipes, how-to books, flyers, menus, and advertisements are all texts from this genre...
Functional texts
Smaller headings throughout the article that tell what each section will be about
Subheadings
The words lazy and athletic can be described as this.
Antonyms
prefix (re), root word (arrange), suffix (ment)
Put these words in alphabetical order: life, liter, line, light
LIFE, LIGHT, LINE, LITER
This genre has something called "stanzas" instead of paragraphs...
Poetry
Text that is slanted
Italic text
Name THREE antonyms for the word whisper.
Shout, yell, scream
Write a word that uses the suffix -est in the same way as the word friendliest.
You would use this type of reference book to find information about the history of clocks.
Encyclopedia
___________ fiction includes some truth in it, such as the setting and time period, but also has made-up details/characters
Historical