Purpose of Nonfiction Text Features

Why does an author include an index in a nonfiction book?

• It tells what page the chapters start on.

• It tells which words are the important words.

• It tells where to find the important words.

• It tells what the important words mean.

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.2.6

What is the author's purpose in including a heading in a book?

• The heading tells the main idea of a section of text.

• The heading shows what something looks like.

• The heading tells where the important words are located.

• The heading tells the parts of a photograph.

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CCSS.RI.2.2

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.2.6

Why does an author use a table of contents?

• To show what the parts of a photograph are called.

• To show what the important words in a book are.

• To tell more about a photograph.

• To show how the sections of the book are organized.

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CCSS.RI.2.6

Why would an author include a diagram in his book?

• To help the reader spell the parts of a photograph.

• To show the parts of a photograph or illustration.

• To show the important words in alphabetical order.

• To show where the chapters in a book are located.

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CCSS.RI.2.7

What is the author's purpose for including a map in her book?

• To show where things are located.

• To show what animals look like.

• To show you how to draw something.

• To tell you if a book is fiction or nonfiction.

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CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.2.7

Why would an author use a photograph in his book?

• To show you how to draw something.

• To tell you more about a photograph.

• To tell you what the main idea of a section of text is.

• To show you what something looks like.

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CCSS.RI.2.7

Why would an author include a chart in his book?

• To show how words are spelled.

• To show how information is organized.

• To show how to add numbers together.

• To tell you the meanings of words.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.6

CCSS.RI.2.7

What is an author's purpose in including a glossary in a book?

• To show you what something looks like.

• To show you where to find important words.

• To tell you what important words mean.

• To tell you how to spell important words.

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CCSS.L.2.4E

CCSS.RI.2.6

Why would an author include bullets in a passage?

• To show the order that things happen in.

• To make a list of something.

• To help you count the number of things that happened.

• To tell you how many things happened.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.2.6

What is the difference between an illustration and a photograph?

• An illustration is drawn, but a photograph is a picture taken with a camera.

• A photograph can be drawn with pencils, crayons or paint.

• An illustration shows something in real life.

• Photographs are harder to make than illustrations.

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CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.2.9