Fiction or Nonfiction
When the author includes the meaning of a word in the writing.
What is including context clues.
Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.
What is a map.
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like.
What is a photograph.
Feature that shows what something looks like through a drawing.
What are illustrations.
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold.
Feature that tells additional information on the side of the text.
What is a side bar.
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 different shades to make a word stand out.
What is highlighting.
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
What is a glossary.
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 tell the main ideas and what pages they are 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 and subheadings.
A three word term used to describe what we are studying.
What is a nonfiction text feature.
An article in a newspaper giving the results of the Longhorns game.
What is nonfiction.
A words meaning
What is a definition.
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
Features that has different parts of a illustration or photograph labeled.
What are diagrams.
A second grader who is a master of nonfiction text features.