Fiction or Nonfiction
When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.
What is to underline.
Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.
What is a map.
Feature that shows us a picture of exactly what something looks like.
What is a photograph.
Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information.
What are text boxes and/or sidebars.
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold.
Features that helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram.
What are labels.
Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.
What is a timeline.
When the author uses many different shades to make a word stand out.
What is using color.
Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.
What are captions.
Feature that organizes information into columns and additional ways to make it easier to understand.
What is a chart or a graph.
When the words are slanted.
What is italics.
Feature that tells what is in the book, the main ideas, and what page to find this information on.
What is the table of contents.
The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section.
What are headings or chapter titles
A three word term used to describe what we are studying.
What is a nonfiction text features.
When a word or phrase a strip of color over the text.
What is highlight.
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of topics and items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
Features that help the reader see what something looks like on the inside.
What are cutaways or cross-sections.
A nonfiction text feature that is a hand drawn picture.
What is an illustration.