Fiction? or Nonfiction?
Types of Print
Text Features 1
Text Features 2
Text 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

A set of words above a text that explains, more specifically, what you will read about. (Think under!)

What is a subheading.

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

An image that is drawn to help us know what something looks like.

What is an illustration.

200
Features that helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram.
What are labels.
200
Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.
What is a timeline.
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/hues/tint/tones to make a word stand out.

What are color words.

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 rows.

What is a chart.

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 and what pages they are on.
What is the table of contents.
400

A set of words above a text that tell what you will read about.

What are headings.

400

Feature that organizes information in a visual way, that helps us better understand it. Hint: bar pie

What is a graph.

500
An article in a newspaper giving the results of the Bruins game.
What is nonfiction.
500

When a word or phrase has a strip of color over the text.

What is highlight.

500

Feature that is an alphabetical list of items covered in the book with their page numbers.

What is the index.

500

An image with labels describing or identifying different parts. 

What is a diagram.

500

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

What is a nonfiction text feature.

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