Non-Fiction Text Features

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

•   Glossary
• Index
• Table of contents
• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This feature will list the important words in alphabetical order and give you the page number to find the word.

• Index
• Table of contents
• Glossary
• Diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?

• Captions
• Index
• Glossary
• None of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This feature is usually found at the top of a page and explains what the paragraph is about?

• Table of contents
• Diagram
• Index
• Heading

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This is an example of ____________ text feature? 

• Index
• Table of contents
• Glossary
• Diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

How is the glossary organized so that the reader can find the words easily?

• ABC order.
• number order.
• glossary are in size order (longest words to shortest words).

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

This nonfiction text feature tells what page the reader can find certain topics. The topics are listed in alphabetical order.

• Index
• Glossary
• Heading
• Table of Contents

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a caption?

• Defines words from the text

• When words are BOLD, in italics, or underlined

• Words near a picture

• Helps readers identify key topics in the book

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is the glossary?

• An alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book

• Special headings that help readers know what the next section will be about

• Located in the back of the book and is similar to a dictionary

• Helps readers see exactly what something or someone looks like

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5