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Fiction or Nonfiction
Types of Print
Features
Features 2
Feature 3
100
The Three Little Pigs
What is fiction.
100

When the author puts a line under a specific word or phrase.

What is to underline.

100

Feature that help us learn where things are located in the world.

What is a map.

100
Feature that shows us exactly what something looks like.
What is a photograph.
100

True or false: good readers only have to read the main part of a non-fiction page. 

FALSE! Good readers read EVERYTHING on a page. 

200
A biography about the life of President Obama
What is nonfiction.
200
When a word or phrase has darker and thicker font.
What is bold.
200

This text feature shows us what something looks like but is NOT a photograph. 

What is an illustration/drawing?

200
A picture or illustration that shows you the different parts of something. 

What is a diagram?

200

Feature that lists important dates in chronological order.

What is a timeline?

300
A book about bears describing different types of bears, where they live, and what food they eat.
What is nonfiction.
300

If a word is bolded or has a number after it1, what should you do?

Find where the definition is and read it!

300
Feature that helps the reader understand the definitions of important words.
What is a glossary.
300
Words under a picture that tells you about about the picture.
What are captions.
300

Feature that occurs on either the side or in a box to give you more information.

What are sidebars?

400
A story about a girl who can talk to animals.
What is fiction.
400
When the words are slanted.
What is italics.
400

Feature that tell the main ideas/headings and what pages they are on.

What is the table of contents?

400

The way that nonfiction is organized to tell the reader about different parts or main ideas of the section.

What headings and sub-headings?

400

On a website, you can click on this and it will take you to another page or another source. 

What is a hyperlink?

500
An article in a newspaper giving the results of the Bruins game.
What is nonfiction.
500

When a word or phrase has a strip of color over the text.

What is highlight?

500
Feature that is an alphabetical listing of items covered in the book and their page numbers.
What is the index.
500
Features that helps you identify parts of a picture or diagram.
What are labels.