Nonfiction Characteristics

Nonfiction Text Features

​8F analyzes how text features are used in non-fiction texts

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#TIL how to identify graphic elements in a timeline and the purpose they serve

​Success Criteria:

explain the purpose of text features and identify the following text features: photographs/pictures bolded text captions describe what the text features are doing.

Multiple Choice

Text features are important because they_____

• help you make sense of what you are reading.

• keep data together.

• make it more fun to read.

• develop a sense of purpose.

​Timeline of the Olympic Games

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It is arranged in chronological order going from left to right.​

​Chronological - (of a record of events) starting with the earliest and following the order in which they occurred.

Multiple Choice

When did the first recorded Olympic Games take place?

• 1000 BC

• 776 BC

• A.D 1351

• 1500 BC

Multiple Choice

 

________________ tells you what the book, chapter, or article is called.

• Title

• Caption

• Photograph

• Timeline

Multiple Choice

Shows main events in chronological order or time order

• Label

• Index

• Diagram

• Timeline

Multiple Choice

Bold and Italicized words are important because

• They show us what words are important to the text

• They create visual appeal within an article or story

• They are the topics found in the table of contents

• They tell us what the photographs and illustrations are about

Multiple Choice

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

• Table Of Contents

• Glossary

• Illastrations

• Diagram

Match

Look at the timeline and match the terms that show the specific purpose of the graphic element.

• Photographs

• Boldface dates

• Annotations or captions

images to show events on the timeline

enable the reader to locate events in sequence

give detail facts about the events

• images to show events on the timeline

• enable the reader to locate events in sequence

• give detail facts about the events

Open Ended

Explain in your own words why text features are important when reading non-fiction texts.