Nonfiction Text Features Lesson

Informational text-

• is made up

• provides the reader with facts to teach them about a topic

• entertains the audience

• is written like a story

A map is an example of a text feature.

• True

• False

Nonfiction text is written by an expert who shares ______ about the topic.

• Opinions

• Facts

Which of the following is a primary purpose of adding images to informational texts?

• To make the text look more appealing

• To provide additional information related to the text

• To entertain the reader with unrelated content

• To increase the length of the text

A subtitle is a text feature that tells the main idea of a paragraph.

• True

• False

A text structure is used in...

• Nonfiction writing

• Fiction writing

Which text structure describes a topic by its features or characteristics?

• compare and contrast

• description

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Which text structure tells about an event or procedure in the order it happens?

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

Which text structure tells how things are alike and different?

• Cause and Effect

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Compare and Contrast

What is the primary purpose of a glossary in a nonfiction text?

• To entertain the reader

• To provide definitions of key terms

• To summarize the entire text

• To list the chapters in the text