WorksheetsNonfiction Text Features
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
What text feature is this?
Illustration
Title
Graph
Heading
What type of text feature is this?
Index
Glossary
Bold text
Italicized text
What text feature is this?
Heading
Graph
Glossary
Bold text
If I did not know the definition of these words, I could find the meaning in the...
Table of Contents
Glossary
Index
Title
What text feature is this?
Illustration
Heading
Graph
Caption
If there were words under a picture, telling you more about it, that would be called a...
Index
Heading
Chart
Caption
What appears at the bottom of a text that gives a little more information, perhaps noted by a little number or asterisk?
diagram
title
footnote
heading
Which description best matches a map?
found at the back of the book; includes entry words and their meanings
a picture representation, including a key that shows where something is located in the world
found at the front of the book; includes chapter titles and their beginning page #s
organized pictoral representation of data
Which description best matches the Table of Contents?
found at the front of the book; includes chapter titles and their beginning page #s
organized pictoral representation of data
words, usually found underneath a picture that tell more information about it
found at the back of the book; includes entry words and their meanings
Which description best matches Glossary?
an illustration drawn by the author
found at the front of the book; includes chapter titles and their beginning page #s
includes important words from the text and their meanings
a picture representation, including a key that shows where something is located in the world
What text feature is this?
Graph
Title
Caption
Glossary
What text features are in this article?
Label, Title, Glossary
Graph, Map, Diagram
Illustrations, Table of Contents, Index
Photograph, Headings, Caption
A timeline shows important events in the order they happened.
False
True
A Side Bar or Fact Box gives interesting facts or extra information about a topic.
True
False
What is the author's purpose for writing nonfiction?
persuade
entertain
inform
Why do author's use text features in nonfiction texts?
To help the reader understand the information better.
To persuade the reader to skip around and just read what they want.
To entertain the reader in different ways.
To make sure the reader does not get bored.
