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Nonfiction Basics
Text Features
Text Structures
Where would you find?
Miscellaneous
100
Nonfiction includes any writing based on _______________.
Fact
100
This type of text feature help readers find important information by including features such as titles, heading and bold print.
Print features
100
Which text structure explains how to do it or how it is done?
Sequence/order
100
an outline of all the units, chapters and page numbers
table of contents
100
Shows important events in the order that they happened.
What is a timeline?
200
Author's purpose in fiction
to entertain
200
This type of text feature represents information in specific ways such as diagrams, graphs and maps.
graphic aids
200
Which text structure explains a problem and gives solutions?
Problem/solution
200
definitions to key words in the book
the glossary
200
Shows you exactly what something looks like.
What is a photograph?
300
Author's purpose in nonfiction
inform, persuade and instruct
300
This type of text feature guides readers by including features such as table of contents, glossaries and an index.
organizational aids
300
Which text structure explains in great detail?
Description
300
specific names or topics and what page it is on in the book
index
300
name at least 3 ways the author can change the text to show it is important
italics, bold, color, all caps, underlined, larger font
400
Type of nonfiction base on facts but is subjective or biased
Personal/primary sources
400
Authors include _____________ ________________ to help us understand nonfiction text better.
text features
400
Which text structure explains how one event leads to another?
Cause/effect
400
large amounts of information in a small space
chart/graphs/tables
400
Which print aid would tell the topic and main idea of the text?
the title
500
The type of nonfiction text based on reliable facts and is objective.
References/informational aids
500
Which print aid would NOT be used to signal a word is important? a. bold print b. colored text c. italics d. title
d. title
500
Which text structure explains how two things are alike/different?
Compare and Contrast
500
interesting facts or important information not directly in the text
Sidebar
500
Which graphic aid is used to understand where an event happened?
a map