Fiction or Nonfiction
Types of Features
Features
Features 2
Feature 3
100
The Three Little Pigs
What is fiction.
100

When the image is drawn by hand

What is an illustration

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
Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information.
What are insets and sidebars.
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 the reader the first and last word on a glossary page

What are guide words

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 writes additional information to the side of the page

What is a sidebar or textbox

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 rows and columns and additional ways to make it easier to understand.

What is a table

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.

What is the table of contents.

400
The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section.
What are chapters and headings.
400

The schedule at the front of the room is organized in what text feature format

What is a table

500
An article in a newspaper giving the results of the Bruins game.
What is nonfiction.
500
Why an author uses bold or italic words

What is to show they are important 

500
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
500

Features that helps the reader see what something looks like on the inside.

What are cutaways 

500

Why do author's use text features?

What is to find information and understand what we read

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