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Nonfiction Reading Practice

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the author's purpose for writing nonfiction?

a)

to entertain

b)

to persuade

c)

to inform

d)

to confuse

2.

What would the genre be of a book written to tell you facts about the life of a real person?

a)

fantasy fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

realistic fiction

d)

biography

3.

You are reading a book about bats, you only want to find information about their babies, what text feature should you use to help you.

a)

index

b)

glossary

c)

bold word

d)

map

4.

You are reading a science book about water. There is a drawing of the water cycle, there are arrows and labels on the drawing showing you how water changes. What feature are you looking at?

a)

the table of contents

b)

the glossary

c)

a photograph

d)

a diagram

5.

You are reading a book about Barack Obama and there is a bold word you do not understand. What should you do?

a)

find the word in the index

b)

find the word in the table of contents

c)

find the word in the glossary

d)

find the word in a map

6.

You are reading a book about Simone Biles. You want to know what she looks like. What text feature should you look for?

a)

a photograph

b)

the glossary

c)

a bold word

d)

an index

7.

You pick up a book about snakes. You wonder what kind of information is in the book. What text feature should you look at?

a)

glossary

b)

diagram

c)

bold word

d)

table of contents

8.

You are reading a book about Kansas. You have no idea where Kansas is located. What text feature should you look for?

a)

photograph

b)

map

c)

bold word

d)

glossary

9.

You open a nonfiction book up to the middle of the book. You wonder what that section is all about. What text feature will help you?

a)

index

b)

glossary

c)

subtitle or subheading

d)

label

10.

You are looking at a diagram of the parts of the human body. You don't know what one of the parts is. What text feature will help you?

a)

glossary

b)

label

c)

table of contents

d)

photograph

11.

What is the genre of a book that tells you facts and information about the planets?

a)

realistic fiction

b)

science fiction

c)

nonfiction

d)

biography

12.

If you are reading a nonfiction book and you don't know a word but it's NOT bold. What can you do to help figure out the meaning of the word?

a)

summarize the page

b)

use context clues

c)

just skip it

d)

draw a picture

13.

Why does your teacher have you read nonfiction books?

a)

to make you laugh

b)

to confuse you

c)

to teach you new things about the world

d)

to persuade you to do something

14.

What might you have in your house that is nonfiction?

a)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid book

b)

comics

c)

a newspaper

d)

sales ad for Walmart

15.

Which science book below would be nonfiction?

a)

Aliens Invade Earth

b)

Spider Boy

c)

Planet Earth

d)

Lilly's Science Adventure