Nonfiction Text Features

This is used to show you where something is.

• map
• photograph
• chart

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CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Where can a reader find the index?

• Front of the book

• Middle of the book

• Back of the book

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

In a nonfiction book, where can you find what the bold print words mean?

• index

• glossary

• on the cover

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

This shows information as a picture.

• graph

• table of contents

• map

What do the illustrations show?

• the way water moves

• the way glaciers move

• the way Earth’s crust moves

• the way mountains move

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RL.3.7

While reading a science textbook a student finds the term allotrope. He doesn't know what it means. Where should he look?

• headings and subheadings

• table of contents

• glossary

• diagrams

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which text feature is intended to provide a brief description of what appears in a photo or drawing?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions

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CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Brenda has purchased a book about the Titanic. She wants to see if there is a section about the building of the ship. Where should she look?

• headings and subheadings

• table of contents

• glossary

• diagrams

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Cassie has designed a new kind of light bulb that she believes will be energy efficient and less expensive. She wants to patent the design so that others can't copy it. She needs to draw a picture of the light bulb and explain the key components. Which text feature will she use?

• headings and subheadings

• table fo contents

• glossary

• diagrams

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Which text feature is used below?

Civil Rights Movement

The African American Civil Rights Movement occurred from the late nineteenth century through the end of the 1960s. This chapter covers the movement in the south from 1954 to 1968.

Civil Disobedience

The Civil Rights Movement was characterized by acts of civil disobedience, including sit-ins, peaceful demonstrations, and boycotts. These actions were intended to draw attention to serious issues of discrimination in the south.

• headings and subheadings

• table of contents

• glossary

• diagrams

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.K.5