Non-fiction text features

A ________ is an illustration with labels.

• caption

• graph

• diagram

• picture

This is usually found at the end of a passage or at the back of the book to help the reader understand the meaning of important words.

• illustrations

• glossary

• captions

• chart

This is found under illustrations, diagrams, charts or photographs to help the reader better understand what they are looking at.

• illustrations

• captions

• glossary

• chart

This is found at the back of the book and provides the reader with an alphabetical listing of the ideas in the book and provides the page # to read about the topic.

• glossary

• photographs

• maps

• index

This helps readers see where the places in the passage are in relation to geographic regions of the world.

• illustrations

• index

• maps

• glossary

This is added to help provide more information about different parts of illustrations or diagrams.

• illustrations

• bold font

• subheadings

• labels

This is found at the beginning of sections in a passage. It helps the reader know what different sections of the text are about.

• subtitles and headings

• labels

• italic font

• illustrations

The function of a timeline is to:

• help readers visualize what happened

• give the reader the main idea

• do nothing

• help readers understand the time it took for something to happen

What is the difference between a photograph and an illustration?

• There is no difference

• An illustration is drawn and a photograph is taken with a real camera

• A photograph is taken with a real camera

• An illustration is drawn

What text feature gives the definitions of important vocabulary words?

• captions

• glossary

• index

• none of the above