Non-Fiction
Text Features
Text Features
Title at the head of a page or section of a book
Headings
Notes of explanations added to a text
Annotations
The main events of a play, novel, movie, etc. devised by the writer as a sequence
Plot
Two or more people talking in a piece of literature
Dialogue
Visually descriptive language, usually utilizing the five senses
Imagery
Bold, Italic words that reference important information such as names or concepts
Special Prints
Figuring out what your book/text is about
Determining Main Idea
Where a story takes place
Setting
Hints authors will give to let the reader know what will happen later in the story
Context Clues
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
a simplified drawing showing the appearance, structure, or workings of something; a schematic representation.
Diagrams
Reading something quickly to note key ideas
Skimming
When a Character has a problem or altercation in literature with another character, nature, or group
Conflict
A scene that interrupts the flow of the story to show an event that happened in the past
Flashback
An implied or indirect reference
Allusion
A list of hard or unusual words found in the back of a non-fiction book
Glossary
Locating Key ideas in a text before reading it
Pre-Reading
The creation or construction of a character
Characterization
The feeling or the atmosphere that the author has set in their story.
Tone
The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form.
Personification
an alphabetical list of names, subjects, etc., with references to the places where they occur, typically found at the end of a book.
Index
Hints that help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words in a sentence, paragraph, or passage
Context Clues
The use of any person, situation, or object to represent an idea of some sort
Symbolism
The feeling or the atmosphere that the reader gets when reading the story.
Mood
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
Metaphor