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Nonfiction text features 1
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I provide additional information or meaning of the photograph.
What is a caption.
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I help readers know what a specific section of a chapter or article will be about.

Heading

100
Where do you find the index?
What is in the back of the book.
100

What is found in the beginning of a non-fiction book that helps the reader know where general information about a topic can be found?

What is the table of contents.

100
Why are photographs/pictures important in non-fiction text.
Photographs/pictures are important in non-fiction text because they help the reader understand exactly what something looks like.
200
What does non-fiction text features mean?
non-fiction means real. text means words. features means different parts.
200

I am what tells the reader the different parts of a photograph or diagram. 

What are labels.

200
This type of print is thick and say's look at me! I'm important!
What is bold print.
200
I am found in the back of the book and sometimes thought of as a dictionary.
What is a glossary.
200

I have extra, interesting facts to share with the reader. 

Side Bar

300
I help readers see what something looks like on the inside.
What is a cutaway.
300

I help readers understand what information a map has to share.

Key

300

A word or phrase with a line under it is said to be_______. Sometimes the author does this to show that the information is very important or is the title of a different text. 

underlined

300

Information given about a picture or illustration.

What is a caption.

300

When information is covered in a colored bar.

It is highlighted.

400

This helps the readers understand the order of important events in history. 

What is a timeline.

400
What is a map?
Maps help us understand where things are in the world.
400

I help the reader understand what they are about to read and what the main idea of the book or article is.

What is a title.

400

This is a resource found at the end of the book. It gives the page numbers where important words can be found. 

Index

400

This type of print is slanted.

Italics

500
I help the reader understand data in a visual way.
What is a graph.
500

I help organize information into columns so the reader can quickly compare the information. 

Table/Chart

500

Besides photographs, what other text features might you see labels on?

What is a diagram.

500

This is something that helps the reader know how to say a word out loud.

A pronunciation guide. 

500

I list information about the author, illustrator and publisher as well as the title. 

Title Page