Text Features
This text feature is used to tell the reader what the paragraph or section is about.
What is a heading?
Dis, un, and in are all prefixes that mean this.
What is not?
Sam felt elated when he found out he was going to Disney World. Elated means this.
What is happy or excited?
This is comparing two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This genre means it really happened or has facts in it.
What is nonfiction?
This text feature describes a picture
What is a caption?
This prefix means before.
What is pre?
I didn't think the vase was plain at all. I thought it was ornate. Ornate means this.
What is detailed?
This is comparing two unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This genre has things that COULD happen in real life, but did not actually happen.
What is realistic fiction?
This text feature tells the reader definitions to words that were in the passage or book.
What is a glossary?
The prefix over means this. Ex. Overload and overdo.
What is too much?
What is exhausted?
This is when multiple words start with the same letter.
What is alliteration?
This genre can be about space or time travel.
What is science fiction?
This text feature is used to help the reader visualize what the author is describing.
What is a photograph or illustration?
Sub is a prefix that means this. Ex. Subway, submarine.
What is under?
Our parents were infuriated when my brother and broke the fancy vase. Infuriated mean this.
What is angry or mad?
This is using human characteristics to describe objects or animals.
What is personification?
This genre has magical elements in it.
What is a fantasy or fairy tale?
This text feature is located in the front of the book and tells the reader what can be found on each page.
What is a table of contents?
Non is a prefix that means this. Nonstick, nonsense.
What is not?
Levi's little sister was petrified to sleep without a night light. Petrified means this.
What is scared or frightened?
What is onomatopoeia?
If a person wrote a book about their own life, it would be this genre.
What is an autobiography?