Non-Fiction Text Features

Front

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

Back

the table of contents

Front

Which text feature would tell you the major topic or main idea in one chapter of a text? Options: the heading, the caption, the glossary, the table of contents.

Back

the heading

Front

What text features did page 12 of Juan's book have?

Back

had a heading and subheading

Front

Juan decides to skip the chapter about Spain and turns to Chapter 3 on Italian food. What is most likely true?

Back

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

Front

How did Juan know that “Italy” will be described on pages 22-30?

Back

looked for “Italy” in the index

Front

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

Back

a new term to learn

Front

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

Back

read the caption

Front

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

diagram

,

table

,

caption

,

vocabulary word

Back

diagram

Front

True or False: Nonfiction books never contain text features.

Back

false

Front

A graph or chart ________. Options:

explains a photograph

,

provides additional description in words

,

displays and organizes facts and numbers

,

shows you all the photographs a book contains

Back

displays and organizes facts and numbers