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Non fiction Text Features

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this text feature?

a)

heading

b)

illustration

c)

map

2.

What is this text feature?

a)

heading

b)

bold print

c)

Italics

3.

What kind of book contains text features?

a)

fiction

b)

Non fiction

4.

What is the purpose of previewing text features?

a)

I don't need to preview text features.

b)

To better understand the text.

5.

What text feature is this?

a)

Chart

b)

Diagram

c)

Heading

6.

This text feature is called a

(a)  

7.

Where can I find information about aging cats?

a)

page 12

b)

page 88

c)

page 112

d)

page 61

8.

What are the words called that name each part of the ladybug?

a)

labels

b)

Text box

c)

index

d)

glossary

9.
A line that has dates in chronological order is a...?
a)
chart
b)
map
c)
timeline
d)
fact box
10.
What do you call pictures made with a camera that show what something looks like in real life?
a)
Photograph
b)
Timeline
c)
Illustrations
d)
Maps
11.

Using the image above, what is a glossary?

a)

An alphabetical list of important words and their definitions.

b)

Tells the name of chapters and what page the chapters can be found.

c)

A picture labels parts of an object.

d)

Shows where places/events are located.

12.

Which text feature is used above?


This text feature displays events in the sequence in which they occurred.

a)

Title

b)

Map

c)

Photograph

d)

Timeline

13.

What is this type of text feature?

a)

caption

b)

glossary

c)

index

d)

label

14.

What is this type of text feature?

a)

index

b)

glossary

c)

table of contents

d)

caption

15.

What is this text feature?

a)

heading

b)

illustration

c)

map

16.

What is this text feature is circled?

a)

heading

b)

bold print

c)

Italics

17.

What kind of book contains text features?

a)

fiction

b)

Non fiction

18.

What is the purpose of previewing text features?

a)

I don't need to preview text features.

b)

To better understand the text.

19.

What text feature is this?

a)

text box

b)

Diagram

c)

Table of Contents

20.

What text feature is this?

a)

Chart

b)

Diagram

c)

Heading

21.

This text feature is called a

(a)  

22.

Where can I find information about aging cats?

a)

page 12

b)

page 88

c)

page 112

d)

page 61

23.

What are the words called that name each part of the ladybug?

a)

labels

b)

Text box

c)

index

d)

glossary

24.

What text feature is this..(the words)?

a)

index

b)

heading

c)

caption

d)

subheading

25.

Which text feature would you use to find the names of all chapters in a book and the pages where they started?

a)

a heading

b)

captions

c)

the table of contents

d)

the glossary

26.

Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in one chapter of a text?

a)

the heading

b)

the caption

c)

the glossary

d)

the table of contents

27.

Juan is writing a report on Italian food. He finds a book titled “Foods of the World.” He opens to Chapter 2 on page 12 and reads the word “Spain” in large letters. Further down on the page, he reads the word “Northern Spain ” in smaller letters. Page 12 of Juan’s book ________.

a)

had no text features

b)

had a diagram but no other text features

c)

had the table of contents only

d)

had a heading and subheading

28.

Juan decides to skip the chapter about Spain. He turns to Chapter 3 on Italian food. He begins reading. Which of the following is most likely true?

a)

Juan will have to read Chapter 2 later in order to write his report.

b)

Juan is using the text features correctly to skim the text and find the information he needs.

c)

Juan is reading the book from cover to cover.

d)

Juan is not using text features correctly to help him find the information he needs.

29.

Juan knows that “Italy” will be described on pages 22-30. To figure this out, he probably ________.

a)

looked for “Italy” in the glossary

b)

looked for “Italy” in the index

c)

looked for “Italy” in the diagram

d)

saw this information on the cover

30.

If a word is in bold, italics or underlined, it might be ________.

a)

a less important detail

b)

spelled incorrectly

c)

information you should skip

d)

a new term to learn

31.

Olivia doesn’t understand what’s going on in a picture in her book. What can she do?

a)

look in the table of contents

b)

look for a graph

c)

read the caption

d)

stare at it for three minutes

32.

In the book she's reading, Zariah sees a picture of a plant with different parts labeled. This is a ________.

a)

diagram

b)

table

c)

caption

d)

vocabulary word

33.

True or False: Nonfiction books never contain text features.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

A graph or chart ________.

a)

explains a photograph

b)

provides additional description in words

c)

displays and organizes facts and numbers

d)

shows you all the photographs a book contains