Understanding Text Features

What role do photographs play in a non-fiction text?

• They provide entertainment to the reader

• They offer visual examples to support the text's information

• They are used to fill empty spaces on the page

• They list the sources of the information

Why might an author include diagrams in a text?

• To make the book longer

• To visually explain a concept or process described in the text

• To provide a background story

• To list all the ideas in the text in alphabetical order

Why do writers use bold and italics?

• to introduce new characters

• to show which words are repeated in a text

• to draw the reader's attention to important words

The FASTEST way to find out what a nonfiction text is about would be to look at the...

• Captions

• Glossary

• Graphs

• Title

What page would you turn to if you wanted to learn about butterfly habitats?

• page 3

• page 7

• page 10

• page 17

How are the words in a glossary organized?

• they are not organized in any order

• most important to least important words

• alphabetical (A-Z) order

What is the purpose of headings and subtitles?

• They help the reader find the main idea of a specific section of the text, making it easier to navigate.

• They describe a picture, diagram, or graph on the page to help the reader better understand it.

• They identify important vocabulary words and provide definitions for them in alphabetical order.

• They provide the reader with a visual to connect with the words and make for better understanding.

What is the purpose of the table of contents?

• To give the reader a visual to go along with the information provided in the text.

• To show the reader where to find specific chapters and/or sections of the text.

• To provide definitions of key words that can be found throughout the text.

• To give the reader more information about a picture shown in the text.

How do authors of informational texts make important information stand out?

• They make all of their writing different colors.

• They use bold, italicized, and underlined words and phrases.

• They change the spellings of important words.

• They eat chicken with their friends and family.

What nonfiction text feature is this photo an example of?

• A glossary

• A heading

• A diagram

• A title