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Nonfiction Text Features

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  • What is an index?
    It tells readers on which pages they can find specific words or terms.
  • Which nonfiction text feature is similar to a dictionary?
    Index
    Caption
    Table of Contents
    Glossary
  • Which of the following is NOT true of keywords?
    Keywords often appear in the glossary of the text.
    Keywords are often bolded or italicized.
    Keywords are common words that most readers already know.
    Keywords are important or new words found in a text.
  • The best caption for this image would be...
    Hammerheads have eyes that allow 360 degrees of vision.
    This is a picture of a hammerhead shark.
    Hammerhead Shark
    cephalofoil: outward extensions of the head of a hammerhead
  • In a nonfiction text about fruits and vegetables, the title Apples is an example of a ...
    caption
    key word
    diagram
    subheading
  • The arrow is pointing to...
    the subheading
    the heading
    a caption
    a diagram
  • The __________ is at the back of the book and helps readers to understand and define different words or terms.
    Glossary
  • All of these are examples of graphics EXCEPT...
    chart
    graph
    keywords
    photograph
  • This is...
    sidebar text
  • The ____________ can be found in front of the book.
    Table of contents
  • a heading...
    shows a location
    gives the title of a section
    is a picture taken with a camera
    gives the title of a subsection
  • What type of picture is this?
    A diagram
  • Which of the following is NOT true of keywords...
    They are important to the reader's understanding of a text.
    They are usually bolded or italicized.
    They are often bulleted.
    They are often found in the glossary.
  • diagrams...
    give extra information about the topic
    show readers a location
    contain bolded and italicized words
    label the parts of an item
  • Author's use charts and graphs in order to...
    All of these
    Help readers visualize the information being presented.
    Compare and contrast information presented in the text.
    Help the readers understand the information better.
  • What is a glossary?
    It tells the readers what specific words or terms mean (the definition of the word)
  • This is an example of a ...
    graph
  • Captions...
    explain a picture
    give the title of the section
    give the definition of important words
    are written in a list
  • Author's uses bullets when ...
    listing information
    summarizing the events of someone's life
    trying to compare and contrast information
    trying to help readers visualize the information
  • Which usually comes first a heading or a subheading?
    subheading
    heading
  • What is this?
    Table of Contents
    Diagram
    Index
    Glossary
  • A hyperlink...
    connects readers to an outside page
  • Author's use a map to...
    show the location of something discussed in the text
  • This is an example of a ...
    chart
  • Author's use photographs in order ...
    help readers visualize what is being discussed in the text
  • This is an example of a...
    timeline
  • Which of the following is NOT a nonfiction text feature?
    sidebar text
    subheading
    graph
    illustration
  • The author uses keyword to...
    alert readers to new or important words
  • Penguins Can't Fly is an example of a...
    subheading
  • Headings help the reader by...
    showing the reader what they will be reading about.
  • The ____________ explains what the picture is about or what is happening in the picture.
    caption
  • The purpose of a caption is all of the following EXCEPT...
    show the reader what they are talking about in the text.
    provide the reader with extra information about the topic.
    describe the picture to the reader.
    clue the reader into what they might read about next.
  • This is an example of a ...
    diagram
  • Which of the following tell readers where to find information in the book?
    glossary
    index
    All of these
    table of contents
  • Headings and subheadings help the reader by...
    giving them a clue to what they might read about next.
    explaining where to find information.
    providing them with keywords from the text.
    providing them a visual image about the text.
  • A _________ helps the reader understand what something looks like.
    photograph
  • A logical subtitle for a section of text about rainforest animals might be...
    adaptation (a change that helps animals survive)
    Rainforest Animals, p.6
    Red Eyed Tree Frogs
    Trees called the idiot fruit grow in Australia‘s rainforest.
  • What is the purpose of a sidebar text?
    It gives the reader extra information about the topic.
  • The purpose of the table of contents is to...
    tell readers where to find certain sections of the text.
    define keywords for readers.
    explain a photograph.
    give extra information.
  • A timeline would most likely appear in a __________
    biography
    procedural text
    realistic fiction text
    text about animal adaptations
  • Authors use graphics in a nonfiction text in order to...
    entertain readers with silly memes.
    distract readers from the true purpose of the text.
    help readers visualize what they are reading about.
    persuade readers to buy a product they are selling.
  • What do we call the words that are circled in blue?
    Bold print
  • bolded, highlighted or colorful words are known as....
    keywords
  • another name for a sidebar text is...
    fact box
  • Text features are found in...
    fiction texts
    both fiction and nonfiction texts
    nonfiction texts
  • The ___________ is at the back of the book and tells the readers on which pages they can find different words.
    Index
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