Nonfiction Features

Why do you think the author included a map in this section?

• To show the reader how to get to North America.

• To show the reader where raccoons originated and where they live today.

• Just to show where racoons came from.

• To let the reader know that racoons live all over the world.

On which of the following pages would you be most likely to find a definition of dust storm?

• page 3

• page 15

• page 123

• page 281

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

Marisol has added a photo of a famous speech to her paper on Civil Rights. What text feature should she use to identify the speaker in the photo?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions

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

Why did the author use the heading "Great White Sharks" on this page?

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This nonfiction text feature tells the names of the chapters and what page the chapters can be found.

• Table of Contents

• Glossary

• Index

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

• index

• glossary

• on the cover

This shows information as a picture.

• graph

• table of contents

• map

What is at the top of the page or section and tells what the text will be about?

• glossary

• graph

• heading