Nonfiction Text Features

An alphabetical list of important words in a book and their meanings.

• Table of Contents
• Glossary
• Index

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A picture, usually a drawing, that has labels to identify it's parts. 

• Diagram
• Heading
• Caption

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A title at the top of the page, or the beginning of a new chapter or section.

• Definition
• Heading
• Index

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A list of chapters in a book and the page numbers where each chapter starts.

• Index
• Table of Contents
• Glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Small text found near a picture that gives important information about the picture.

• Caption
• Glossary
• Photograph

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

 A picture or geographical representation of the Earth's surface.

• Graph
• Map
• Diagram

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.1.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

CCSS.RL.K.7

How does the table of contents help a reader?

• find the right book.
• read more words.
• find parts of the book quickly.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What part of a book is the table of contents found in?

• front of the book.
• middle of the book.
• back of the book.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

The words that tell about this photograph are called the 

• bold print
• caption
• label

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Shows you new or important words in darkened print

• Label
• Italics
• Bold
• Glossary

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5