Nonfiction Text Features

What is a title?

• It tells you what the text is called

• a picture of the story

• a simple drawing

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a subtitle? What does it do?

• a smaller title that gives more information about the main title.

• a picture that shows what the book is about.

• a list of all the chapters in the book.

• a word that is written in bold letters.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a table of contents? what does it do?

• a list of all the chapters in the book and the page numbers they start on.

• a list of all the pictures in the book.

• a list of all the important words in the book.

• a map that shows where things are located.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What are captions?

• a word that is written in bold letters.

• a picture that shows what the book is about.

• explains what a picture is about.

• a list of all the chapters in the book

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a diagram?

• a list of all the important words in the book.

• a list of all the chapters in the book.

• a picture that shows the parts of something or how it works.

• a map that shows where things are located

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a timeline?

• a list of all the chapters in the book.

• a list of all the important words in the book.

• shows the order of when things happened and is often used for history stories

• shows where things are located.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.7

CCSS.RI.4.7

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

What is the purpose of bold and italic words?

• They tell you what page each chapter starts on

• They explain the important words in the book

• They show you where things are located

• They make important words stand out

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is a glossary used for?

• It explains the important words in the book

• It shows you pictures from the book.

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  It tells you what page each chapter starts on.

• It lists all the authors of the book.

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

What is an index?

• a list of all the chapters in the book.

• a list of all the pictures in the book

• a list of all the important words in the book and the page numbers they are on

• a map that shows where things are located

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5

Why are text features important?

• They make the text look pretty

• They help the reader understand what they're reading

• To entertain the reader

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.5

CCSS.RI.2.5

CCSS.RI.K.5