Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Vocabulary 3
Examples of NF Text Features 1
Examples of NF Text Features 2
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Authors include these features to help the reader better understand what they have read.
What are Text Features?
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These divide the text into sections and tell the main idea of each section of text. They are printed in large or bold type to make them stand out. These also help the reader to locate information in the text by telling them where to look.
What are Subheadings
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______ are drawings that show the basic shape of the land and other geographical, political, or historical features. They present information in a visual form. They help the reader understand where an event happens.
What are maps?
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What is Table of Contents
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A Acid rain (AS ihd rayn) rain that carries certain kind of pollution. Adapt (uh DAPT) to change in order to survive in new environments
What is a glossary
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____________ lists the major parts of a book along with their page numbers.
What is the Table of Contents
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The style and color of this sends the reader signals about how to read the content. Key words to notice are in bold or in color. These in italics are used in picture captions, book titles, and any other element that needs to stand out.
What is Text
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A ____________is a drawing that shows or explains something. To understand a diagram the reader should read the titles, labels, captions, and numbered parts.
What is a diagram?
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A Abu Simbel, temple of, p73 Acadia, Canada, 212-213 Acid rain, 396, c396-c397, 396-397 Animal Adaptations p1 Animal Food p2 Animal Habitats p3 Animal Homes p5
What is an Index
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Helpful Ants Although ants are frustrating when they get in homes, ants do help the environment. They help control the population of damaging pests such as termites. Types of Ants Types of ants include fire ants, which cause a painful sting, and carpenter ants, which damage wood structures while nest building. Other types of ants include honey, pharaoh, house, Argentine, and the thief ant.
What is subheadings
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Is an alphabetical listing of the key names, terms, events, and topics with page numbers.
What is the Index?
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These give information in a visual way. They help tell the story. They work with the words and headings to help teach material.
What are photographs and illustrations?
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__________ organize large amounts of information in a small space. They present all kinds of data, from numbers and amounts, to calendars and menus. They help the reader compare information in the text.
What are tables?
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_______ a list of key terms in alphabetical order. Each key word is defined.
What is the Glossary
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A ___________ explains what is shown in a picture or illustration.
What is a caption?
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______ show important events in chronological order or time order. ______help the reader better understand the order of events and how one event may have lead to another.
What are timelines
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This tells the reader the topic of the text. They show the main idea of the text. They help the reader by letting them know what they are about to read.
What are Titles
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A ________ provides more information than is in the text about a topic. A ________ can include interesting facts or important information the author wants the reader to know.
What is a textbox?
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These are 5 resources where text features can be found
What are textbooks, magazine articles, newspapers, reports, web pages, and other forms of nonfiction text.
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