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

a real image of something

a photograph

100

Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information or facts.

text box

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

What page has a title, author, illustrator and a picture?

the title page

200

helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram

labels

200

lists important dates and time in chronological order.

a timeline

300
A book about bears describing different types of bears, where they live, and what food they eat.
What is nonfiction.
300

Why do authors use underline, bold print, italics and highlighting?

To show that the word or sentence is important.

300

Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.

a glossary

300

Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.

captions

300

organizes numbers and information

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 chapters and what pages they are on.

table of contents

400

helps organize the different parts of a text

headings

400

the name of this topic

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 list of topics in the book and their page numbers.

the index

500
Features that helps the reader see what something looks like on the inside.
What are cutaways or cross-sections.
500

who was Ms. Sherwood's favorite singer in high school?

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