Nonfiction Text Structures and Features Review

titles that distinguish different sections to organize topics and ideas

• charts & graphs

• diagrams

• captions

• font styles

• headings & subheadings

short descriptions under photos or illustrations that

name and/or explain what you see in the image

• charts & graphs

• diagrams

• captions

• font styles

• headings & subheadings

a list of the contents in a book along with their page numbers (found in the front of a book)

• index

• glossary

• table of contents

• font styles

• headings & subheadings

Type of writing that can contain text structures and text features

• Non-Fiction

• Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

If I wanted to teach someone how to tie their laces what text structure would I use?

• Description

• How to Sequence

• Sequence

• Problem Solution

Which type of text structure describes an issue and at least one way to solve it?

• Chronological

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare/Contrast

Which type of text structure describes events in order (First, Next, Then, Finally)?

• Sequence

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution

• Compare/Contrast

True or False: Text features (titles, headings, images, graphs, bold words, etc.) are more distracting than helpful in reading nonfiction.

• True

• False

Which one is NOT a nonfiction Text Structure?

• Description

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect

• Purpose & Persuasion

• Compare & Contrast

Next, "Then," "Before" and "Lastly" are all examples of key words for which text structure?

• Description

• Compare & Contrast

• Sequence

• Problem & Solution

• Cause & Effect