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Text Features
Text Features 2
Text Structure
Text Structure 2
Nonfiction Subgenres
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 an alphabetized list of key terms, concepts, names, and places discussed within the book, along with the page numbers where they are mentioned.

What is an index?

100
A list of book's sections or chapters found in the FRONT to let the reader know what is contained in the text.
What is the table of contents.
100
How the text is organized.
What is text structure?
100

Key words include:

issue

dilemma 

concern

solve

to address this

What is problem & solution?

100

provides facts and information about a topic 

What is informational?

200
An illustration of an object or inside look at what is being discussed.
What is a diagram?
200

This is found in the back of the book, giving definitions of important words in the text

What is the glossary?

200

Steps described in the order they occur. Does not take place at any specific point in time.

What is Sequence/ Order of importance?

200
Signal words:since, because, on the other hand, after all, due to
What is cause and effect?
200

one's life story written by oneself 

What is an autobiography?

300

A short phrase, sentence of question that highlights a key point.

What is the heading or subheading?

300

Words darker than other words in a text

What are bold words?

300
Shows what's in common and what's different.
What is compare and contrast?
300

The type of nonfiction text structure that uses the very detailed explanations. 

What is description?

300

one's life story written by someone else

What is a biography?

400
A list of key words and their definitions located at the end of a book.
What is a glossary?
400

Single words, short phrases, sentences or paragraphs that explain an illustration, photograph, or diagram.

What is a caption?

400

The author shares a concern or issue and provides ideas or ways to solve.

What is problem and solution?

400
Signal Words: Until, before, finally, after, next, first, second, next, meanwhile
What is sequence?
400

This is a true story that tells of a moment or event in someone's life, such as a blog or journal 

What is a personal narrative?

500

a representation of an area of land or sea showing physical features, cities, roads, etc.

What is a map?

500
Information that expands upon the text and is placed in chronological order.
What is a timeline?
500
Explains why something happened or explains the effects of something.
What is cause and effect?
500

this text describes a situation or thing -passages often use a lot of adjectives 

What is description?

500

This gives the author's own personal point of view on a topic 

What is an essay or a speech?