text features

What is a glossary?

• A list of the important words in a book and their meanings.

• The pictures in a book.

• The author of a book.

• A list of the chapters in a book.

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Which of these is nonfiction?

• A magazine article about desert plants

• A short story set on Jupiter

• A poem about a flying cat

• A fairy tale about a princess

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How can you show that you understand what you read?

• Not have any ideas about it

• Forget what you read

• Copy what’s written in the book

• Explain it in your own words

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Why would you read captions?

• They help explain the pictures.

• They list all the important words in the back of the book.

• They list the chapters.

• They tell you when the book was published.

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How are a glossary and a dictionary alike?

• Both are in the back of a nonfiction book.

• Both have hundreds of pages.

• Both tell you how to care for snakes.

• Both tell you the meanings of words.

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Which of these titles is probably NOT for a nonfiction book?

• How to Surf

• Rabbit and Bear Learn To Cook

• The Life of Nelson Mandela

• Birds of Australia

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What is NOT a helpful strategy when you come to a hard word in a book?

• Write it down and look up its meaning.

• You should swap books with your friends.

• Sound it out.

• Use the surrounding words as clues to help figure out what it means.

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What could you do if you’re having trouble understanding a nonfiction book?

• Read it all the way through without stopping.

• Read faster.

• Read a small part and pause to think about it in your own words.

• Don’t look at the pictures.

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How can you be sure a soccer book has information on goalie uniforms?

• You can look at the copyright.

• You can look at the table of contents or the index.

• You could summarize what you read.

• You could read the title.

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How are a table of contents and an index alike?

• Both are in alphabetical order.

• Both list page numbers.

• Both list definitions of words.

• Both are in the beginning.

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