Nonfiction Text Features

A Table of Contents lists what topics or chapters are in a book.

• True

• False

A glossary is like a _________________ because it helps the reader understand the meaning of key words found in the text.

• magazine

• dictionary

• picture

______________ are words that appear beneath a picture and help the reader understand the picture.

• sentences

• captions

• bullets

_____________ show events on a line in order to help readers understand something from the past.

• times tables

• graphs

• timelines

A diagram

• is a picture that has labels to show the different parts of something.

• is a close up look at something to show details.

• shows where something is.

____________ are used to list short bits of information about a topic.

• icons

• bullets

• hyperlinks

This is NOT a type of print

• italics

• bold

• highlighted

• illustration

A heading

• compares two things.

• is like a title and tells what the text will be about.

• shows where something is.

A drawing is also called a/an

• illustration

• label

• map

Maps show

• where something is.

• how far away two places are.

• different features of the land.

• all of the above