Nonfiction Text Features 1
Graphs, maps, or photographs that relate to the text are all examples of these.
This is the format in which newspapers are written, generally used to save space.
Columns!
These are words directed at a visual to help the reader understand its specific parts.
Labels!
These are labeled drawings showing how something works or its individual parts.
Diagrams!
This is a very detailed, in depth article (or broadcast) about a particular issue.
A feature!
These are the descriptions beneath a photo explaining what it's showing, and where the data or photo came from (i.e. credit to a university or a photographer, for example)
Captions!
This is the line at the top of an article indicating who wrote the piece.
Byline!
Newspapers, magazines, cookbooks, online news articles, textbooks, dictionaries, memoirs, pamphlets are all examples of __________ texts.
Nonfiction!
These are the titles underneath the main headline that help readers determine the main idea of a particular section.
Headings!
This is a term used to describe the reporting of a particular genre, such as sports, crime, politics, environment, technology, entertainment, fashion etc.
Beat reporting!
This is the list of important words - often bolded throughout the text - that is alphabetized at the back of the book with definitions of each term.
Glossary!
The title of a newspaper, magazine or online article is called this.
Headline!
These show locations and geographical information.
Maps!
This is an opinion piece written by an editor at a newspaper on a particular issue.
Editorial!
This is the practice of gathering, verifying, assessing, creating, and presenting news and information about current events, facts, and ideas to the public, aiming to inform society with a commitment to accuracy and objectivity through various print and electronic media.
Journalism!
This is a list of terms at the back of a text with page numbers for easy reference.
Index!
Important words are often _______, indicating they're included in the glossary at the back of the book.
Bolded!
This is where separate, related information set apart from the main text is located.
Sidebars / Textboxes!
This is the opening line in a newspaper article.
The lede!
In journalism, _______ refers to the written text of an article or story.
Copy!
This is a list of chapters, or main sections, of a text located at the front of a book.
Table of Contents!
Often bolded, _________ are smaller titles placed beneath the main title (or headline, if we're talking about news sources). Subtitles help break larger texts into specific sections to make things easier for the reader to comprehend.
Subtitles!
These show events in chronological order.
Timelines!
This is the final line of a newspaper article.
The kicker!
Journalists are not allowed to be _______ in their reporting (unless they are writing an editorial), and they have a fundamental duty to tell the ______.
They cannot be biased, and they must tell the truth!