Nonfiction Text FEATURES

What are nonfiction text features?

• special characteristics throughout a nonfiction text that help you understand the topic better

• the optional parts of nonfiction books you don't have to read if you don't want to

• parts of a book that help you summarize it

• the teeny tiny print on the first few pages of a book before you start reading it

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What text feature is this?

• Diagram

• Illustration

• Timeline

• Table of Contents

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This defines vocabulary words in the text. It is in the back of the book.

• glossary

• index

• picture with captions

• heading

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This explains what a picture means.

• table of contents

• map

• graph

• caption

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This is at the beginning of the book. It lists the topics in the order that they go in the book.

• glossary

• map

• table of contents

• diagram

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What do authors use to show places?

• map

• picture with caption

• index

• bold words

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What do authors use to make new vocabulary words stand out?

• glossary

• diagram

• bold words

• graph

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

What do authors use to show events in the order that they happened?

• heading

• index

• bold words

• timeline

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is found in the back of the book and lists the page number for information on topics?

• index

• timeline

• table of context

• diagram

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is at the top of the page and tells what the text will be about?

• glossary

• graph

• heading

• timeline

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CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5