WorksheetsNonfiction Reading Practice
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 12mins
What is the author's purpose for writing nonfiction?
to entertain
to persuade
to inform
to confuse
What would the genre be of a book written to tell you facts about the life of a real person?
fantasy fiction
science fiction
realistic fiction
biography
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.
index
glossary
bold word
map
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?
the table of contents
the glossary
a photograph
a diagram
You are reading a book about Barack Obama and there is a bold word you do not understand. What should you do?
find the word in the index
find the word in the table of contents
find the word in the glossary
find the word in a map
You are reading a book about Simone Biles. You want to know what she looks like. What text feature should you look for?
a photograph
the glossary
a bold word
an index
You pick up a book about snakes. You wonder what kind of information is in the book. What text feature should you look at?
glossary
diagram
bold word
table of contents
You are reading a book about Kansas. You have no idea where Kansas is located. What text feature should you look for?
photograph
map
bold word
glossary
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?
index
glossary
subtitle or subheading
label
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?
glossary
label
table of contents
photograph
What is the genre of a book that tells you facts and information about the planets?
realistic fiction
science fiction
nonfiction
biography
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?
summarize the page
use context clues
just skip it
draw a picture
Why does your teacher have you read nonfiction books?
to make you laugh
to confuse you
to teach you new things about the world
to persuade you to do something
What might you have in your house that is nonfiction?
Diary of a Wimpy Kid book
comics
a newspaper
sales ad for Walmart
Which science book below would be nonfiction?
Aliens Invade Earth
Spider Boy
Planet Earth
Lilly's Science Adventure
