Nonfiction Text Features
REAL books that tell, inform, teach and explain!
Stories that have made-up characters and events
What is a Fiction?
in the word FROTH is an example of a Diagraph what is the example
The letters TH
How many syllables are in the word CARPET?
What is 2 syllables?
This is added at the beginning of a word to change the meaning
What is a prefix
A list of important words from the text and their meanings
*HINT: It is similar to a dictionary*
What is a glossary?
The people or animals who are important to the story
What are characters?
A constant that sometimes makes a vowel sound
Where would you split the word MUSHROOM?
Mush/room
This is added to the end of a word to change the meaning
what is a suffix
Text near a picture that tells more about the picture
What are captions?
The main issue, struggle or conflict that the main characters are up against
What is a problem?
In the word Beach is an example of a vowel team, What is the vowel team
What is EA
How would you split the word Hospital into syllables
Hos/pit/al
Two words said the same but spelled differently
Ex due and dew
what is a homophone
What is a table of contents?
The way the characters solve the problem
What is a solution?
When adding a suffix to a word Y changes to what letter
I
How would you split the word disagreement into syllables
dis/a/gree/ment
This Greek root has to do with space
A) Bio
B)Photo
C)Tele
D)Astro
what is D) Astro
Title at the top of a page or section that tells what you will read about
What is a heading?
Where and when the story takes place
What is a setting?
This is a silent letter pair often seen together an example is in the word FOREIGNER
GN
How many types of syllables are there
Hint think
CLOVER
What are 6 syllables types
The greek root hydr has to do with what
What is water