Features of Non-Fiction
Fiction or Non-Fiction?
Book Titles
100

What kind of text is non-fiction?

real facts and information

100

What does a caption do?

It explains what is happening in a picture

100

Goldilocks and the Three Bears or Bull Sharks?

Bull Sharks

200

What are the illustrations like in nonfiction text?

They are often photographs

200

What do labels show in nonfiction text?

It names parts of a picture or diagram

200

Telling Time or Papa's Surprise?

Telling Time

300

Why does nonfiction text use photographs?

To show us how things really look like to learn information

300

What makes nonfiction different from fiction?

Non-fiction gives us facts not made up stories

300

Anika's Dress or How to Draw Horses?

How to Draw Horses

400

What do headings do in nonfiction text?

They tell us what each part is about.

400

What is the main idea in nonfiction text?

It tells what the text is mostly about.

400

Mushroom Rain or Identifying North American Mushrooms?

Identifying North American Mushrooms?

500

What is a table of contents used for?

It helps us find information in a book.

500

What do we do when we read nonfiction text?

We learn new information about real things.

500

Higgly Piggly or Ice and Snow?

Ice and Snow