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WorksheetsNonfiction Text: Structures & Features
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
Have you ever made macaroni and cheese? It’s simple! First, boil some water and make some macaroni. Then, make your cheese sauce. After the cheese sauce is ready, mix it with the macaroni. Bake the entire thing in the oven. Finally, it’s time to eat!
Cause and Effect
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
Sequence
Park School had a terrible problem. Every day at recess, students would argue over the slides. Teachers had to spend time every day taking care of the arguments. Finally, one teacher came up with a great solution. They bought another set of slides that everyone could enjoy.
Sequence
Cause & Effect
Problem & Solution
Compare/Contrast
first, next, finally, after
cause, effect, as a result of, because
problem, solution, promise, struggle
compare, contrast, similar, different
description
cause & effect
problem & solution
chronological
Sequence
Problem and Solution
Compare and Contrast
Cause and Effect
Glossary
Index
Table of contents
Caption
Captions
Index
Glossary
None of the above
Table of contents
Diagram
Index
Heading
Give you the definition of an important word
Tell you where to find important words
Explain what the photograph is about
List the chapters
Glossary
Maps
Captions
None of the above
A SEQUENCE text structure_____________________.
tells what happened and why it happened.
gives a problem and describes how it can be/ is solved.
describes something.
tells the order the events happened.
A HEADING for this article is "Central Nervous System." What text feature are the red arrows pointing to?
headings
subheadings
titles
subtitles
What is the difference between a TABLE OF CONTENTS and an INDEX?
A table of contents is located at the beginning of a book and lists the heading names and pages. An index can be found at the back of a book and gives the page numbers that specific topics are described on.
An index is located at the beginning of a book and lists the heading names and pages. A table of contents can be found at the back of a book and gives the page numbers that specific topics are described on.
A table of contents gives the reader background information about the author and can be found at the back of a book. An index provides the reader with definitions for key words included in bold throughout the text.
An index describes what a photograph is showing while a table of contents gives the reader a list of sources where the facts were taken from.
What is a bibliography?
It is found at the beginning of a book. It is a list of headings with their page numbers.
It is located at the back of the book and includes words and definitions in alphabetical order.
It is a list of sources that the author used to gather facts and information for their book. This would be found at the back of a book.
It is text that can be in bold, underlined, italics, etc.
Where can you find an index?
Front of a book
back of a book
middle of a book
What is a NONFICTION text?
Writing that is created from the imagination
Writing that is based on facts, real events, real people, and true stories.
What is a HEADING?
The images in the text
A smaller part of the text that introduces a more specific topic.
A part of a text that tells the reader what a text is going to be about
IIs this a DIAGRAM or a GRAPH?
Diagram
Graph
Shows the relationship between what happened and why
Descriptive
Compare/Contrast
Cause/Effect
Sequential
A picture, usually a drawing, that has labels to identify it's parts.
Diagram
Heading
Caption
Illustration
This page, located in the back of a book, is an alphabetical list of topics (and the page numbers) found in a book.
Glossary
Sidebar
Index
Table of Contents
Pictures taken with a camera to show objects as they appear in real life.
Diagram
Drawing
Photograph
Charts
A researcher is looking through an old textbook and encounters the word oligarchy in italics. He doesn't know the meaning of the word. Where in the book might he find the definition?
headings and subheadings
table of contents
glossary
diagrams
Tornado hunters are people who try to find tornadoes just as the storms form. In which section would you be most likely to find a description of how they find storms?
Introduction
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Glossary
Where might you find illustrations like the ones in the passage?
in a history textbook
in a science textbook
in a gardening magazine
in a sailing magazine
What do the illustrations show?
the way water moves
the way glaciers move
the way Earth’s crust moves
the way mountains move
Tornado hunters are people who try to find tornadoes just as the storms form. In which section would you be most likely to find a description of how they find storms?
Introduction
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Glossary
These make lists easier to read.
glasses
bullets
italics
magnifying glass
These show that a word is important.
exclamation points
captions
diagrams
italics
A preface is...
tells why an author wrote the book, what will be learned, and why it is important.
happens before the face of the book.
provides additional content that is useful to the reader.
is a comment or conclusion to what has happened in the book.
A bibliography is...
the study of books.
a drawing of the bible.
a list of the works cited in your book.
a collection of books.
An author's reason for writing is...
text structures
text features
author's purpose
nonfiction
The author wants to give you information about a specific topic.
persuade
inform
entertain
The author wants you to do, buy, or believe something.
persuade
inform
entertain
The author wants to provide enjoyment for the reader.
persuade
inform
entertain
Textbooks, cookbooks, encyclopedias, newspaper articles are all
examples of "persuade"
examples of "inform"
examples of "entertain"
Poems, plays, comics, short stories, novels, riddles, jokes, song lyrics are ...
examples of "persuade"
examples of "inform"
examples of "entertain"
The author provides several details of something to give the reader a mental picture.
description
compare & contrast
order & sequence
problem & solution
cause & effect
The picture shows:
A subheading
A title
Bold text
Caption
