Nonfiction Basics
Text Features
Text Structures
Where would you find?
Miscellaneous
100
Nonfiction includes any writing based on _______________.
Fact
100

Provide 3 examples of different types of text features 

 

100
Which text structure explains how to do it or how it is done?
Sequence/order
100
an outline of all the units, chapters and page numbers
table of contents
100
Shows important events in the order that they happened.
What is a timeline?
200
Author's purpose in fiction
to entertain
200

Tells the reader the topic of the text

Helps the reader by letting them know what they are about to read 

Helps reader on a topic so they can make connections between what they already know and the text 

Title 

200
Which text structure explains a problem and gives solutions?
Problem/solution
200
definitions to key words in the book
the glossary
200
Shows you exactly what something looks like.
What is a photograph?
300
Author's purpose in nonfiction
inform, persuade and instruct
300

Explain the difference in title, heading, and subheading 

 Title: Shows the main idea of the text 

Heading: The main idea of each section of text

Subheading: Takes a chunk of text into smaller pieces under the heading.

300
Which text structure explains in great detail?
Description
300
specific names or topics and what page it is on in the book
index
300

Name a way the author can change the text to show it is important

italics, bold, color, all caps, underlined, larger font

400

Provide an example of a nonfiction piece 

 

400
Authors include _____________ ________________ to help us understand nonfiction text better.
text features
400
Which text structure explains how one event leads to another?
Cause/effect
400

Show the reader the parts of something to help them better understand what is in the text

Diagram 

400
Which print aid would tell the topic and main idea of the text?
the title
500
The type of nonfiction text based on reliable facts and is objective.
References/informational aids
500
Which print aid would NOT be used to signal a word is important? a. bold print b. colored text c. italics d. title
d. title
500
Which text structure explains how two things are alike/different?
Compare and Contrast
500

 Where might you find an electronic menu? 

on a computer program or website

500
Which graphic aid is used to understand where an event happened?
a map
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