Nonfiction Text Features

How is the Table of Contents organized?

• By colour

• By topic and sequence in the book

• Alphabetical order

• Completely random

What is a glossary?

• Helps you to find information

• Shows diagrams in the book

• A mini dictionary

• A type of paint

Why is an index helpful?

• Without your index finger you can't play video games.

• Provides an alphabetical list of words

• helps you to learn your alphabet

• Helps you to locate keyword ideas in the book

What is the text that describes an image called?

• Reply

• Comment

• Connipution

• Caption

What is the big text at the start of a section of the book called?

• Title

• Heading

• Fact

• False

You have to read the whole book from start to finish

• True

• False

You have to read the whole book in order

• True

• False

Diagrams are helpful because ...

• they show you different places in the world

• the labels help you to identify parts of something

• they are so pretty

• actually they aren't helpful

Skim and scan is reading quickly and looking for keywords

• True

• False

Why does the author use nonfiction text features?

• Page numbers help you find information

• Subheadings help you find details

• Pictures and captions are interesting facts

• All are correct