Fiction or Nonfiction
The Three Little Pigs
Fiction
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.
Underline
Feature that helps us learn where things are located in the world.
Map
A drawing that shows or explains something.
Diagram
Feature that presents all kinds of data, from numbers and amounts, to calendars and menus
Tables
A biography about the life of President Obama
Nonfiction.
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
Bold
Features that draw the readers attention to important information.
Text in bold, color, or italics
Features that give information in a visual way.
Photos and illustrations
Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.
Timeline
A book about bears describing different types of bears, where they live, and what food they eat.
Nonfiction
When the author uses many different shades to make a word stand out.
Using color
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
Glossary
Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.
Captions
_____________ divide the text into sections.
Subheadings
A story about a girl who can talk to animals.
Fiction
When the words are slanted.
Italics
Feature that tell the main ideas and what pages they are on.
Table of Contents
The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section in the table of contents.
Chapters
A two word term used to describe what we are studying.
Text feature
An article in a newspaper giving the results of the Bruins game.
Nonfiction
____________ of the text send the reader signals about how to read the content.
Style and color
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
Index
•A feature that provides more information than is in the text about a topic.
Textbox
It helps the reader by letting them know what they are about to read.
Title