Nonfiction Text Features

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

• Table of Contents
• Glossary
• Index

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This feature explains what the illustration/photograph is.

•   Glossary
• Index
• Table of contents
• Caption

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

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

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?

• Captions
• Index
• Glossary
• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

A real-life picture taken with a camera

• photograph
• captions
• diagrams
• headings

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Is the glossary in the front, back, or throughout a book?

• front
• back
• throughout

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Are photographs found in the front, back, or throughout a book?

• front
• back
• throughout

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which text feature would help me find the meaning of words?

• glossary
• table of contents
• index
• headings

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

How does the table of contents help a reader?

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

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

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).

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5