Nonfiction Text Review

Text Structures & Text Features Review

Nonfiction Text Features

It is helpful to preview nonfiction text features prior to reading a nonfiction text!

Multiple Choice

Which of these tells you what the text will be about?

• title

• heading

• subheading

Multiple Choice

Which text feature below goes with a photograph and explains what the photograph is about?

• bold print

• illustrations

• caption

Index

Tells you on what page to find information in a book.

Multiple Choice

Which text feature is helpful when looking for a definition of an unknown word?

• dictionary

• glossary

• index

• table of contents

Multiple Choice

Which text feature is helpful when determining what page has information on a word?

• table of contents

• index

• glossary

Nonfiction Text Structures

There are 5 common text structures that you will encounter when reading nonfiction texts.

​What words clue you in that it is "description?"

​For example

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​For instance

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​Such as

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​Including

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction text structure is used below?

Soccer was invented more than 2,000 years ago in China. In 1863 in England, the "Cambridge Rules" led the way to modernize soccer as we know it. In 2020, now, soccer is the most popular sport in the world!

• sequence (chronological)

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction text structure is used below?

A huge concern in youth soccer leagues is head injuries. To prevent this, many soccer organizations do not allow young children to perform "headers" (where the ball is struck with your head). They are hopeful that this will help to prevent young soccer players from getting hurt.

• descriptive

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction text structure is used below?

In much of the world, the game we call soccer is called "futbol." Soccer and football have a few things in common -- they both have 11 players per side, for example. But the two games are quite different as well: in soccer, players cannot use their hands to score a goal. In football, you can run with the ball or throw it to a teammate for a touchdown!

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• compare and contrast

Multiple Choice

I am writing about the Great Chicago Fire of 1871 and describing the events that happened in the city at the time.

• compare and contrast

• description

• problem and solution

• question and answer

Multiple Choice

What type of nonfiction text structure is used below?

To play soccer, you must be in great shape! Because of this, pro soccer players exercise for many hours per day. Many get up very early and start their workouts at 4am so that they have plenty of time to practice for the rest of the day.

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

• sequence

Primary and Secondary Sources

​Primary sources are objects and images created by people who lived when an event took place.

​Primary Source Examples:

​Original documents such as diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters, interviews, records, eyewitness accounts, autobiographies

• Research articles, clinical reports, case studies, dissertations

• Creative works such as poetry, music, video, photography

Multiple Choice

A primary source is one made or written by a person who witnessed an event.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

An artifact is an example of a primary source.

• True

• False

Secondary Sources

We can also use secondary sources to learn about life in the past. Secondary sources are materials prepared by people who did not participate in or see events for themselves. These people can study a primary source to help them find out information to create their secondary source. 

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What is a secondary source that you know of? 

Multiple Choice

A secondary source is created by people who did NOT see or participate in a event in the past. True or False?

• False

• True

Multiple Select

Check all that are secondary sources.

• The arrowheads in the frame were used by the Native Americans to hunt.

• The teepee was made by a local artist who studies Native Americans.

• The painting was created by a man that works at the museum.

How do they compare?

Historians use primary sources like artifacts to build a picture of life in the past. When they create other documents or objects, like the teepee, totem, or painting in the museum, these become secondary sources. Primary and secondary sources shape our understanding of the past.