Fiction or Nonfiction
Types of Print
Features
Features 2
Feature 3
100
The Three Little Pigs
What is fiction.
100
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.
What is to underline.
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.

What is a photograph.

100

Nonfiction is text that is what?

What is true or real or factual.

200
A biography about the life of President Obama
What is nonfiction.
200
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold.
200
Feature that tells you what the whole book or section is about.
What is a heading or title.
200

Features that helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram.

What are labels.

200

A drawing of something to help the reader know what something could look like.

What is an illustration.

300
A book about bears describing different types of bears, where they live, and what food they eat.
What is nonfiction.
300
When the author uses many different shades to make a word stand out.
What is using color.
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

Feature that organizes information into columns and additional ways to make it easier to understand.

What is a chart or a graph.

400
A story about a girl who can talk to animals.
What is fiction.
400
When the words are slanted.
What is italics.
400
Feature that tell the main ideas in the order they appear and what pages they are on.
What is the table of contents.
400

maps, photographs, tables/charts, captions, labels, bolded or highlighted words, illustrations, headings/titles, index, glossary, table of contents

What are features.

400

A three word term used to describe what we are studying.

What is a nonfiction text feature.

500
An article in a newspaper giving the results of the Bruins game.
What is nonfiction.
500
When a word or phrase a strip of color over the text.
What is highlight.
500
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
500

What something does or what it is used for...why is it helpful.

What is the purpose.

500

Nonfiction text features help us do this.

What is better understand what we are reading.

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