Text Features and Purposes

Text Features and Purposes

What is Nonfiction?

Nonfiction books are books that teach you about something. They do not have to be in order and they have real facts.

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What is a nonfiction book?

• A book with pretend characters.

• A book that has a beginning, middle, and end.

• A book that goes in no real order and gives you facts.

• A book made to make you laugh

I am going to show you 2 books.

Can you tell me which one is a nonfiction book about sharks?

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Which one was nonfiction?

• Misunderstood Shark

• Sharks

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YAY!! Why was Sharks nonfiction?

• It gave real facts and had text features

• It told a funny story about sharks.

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How does a table of content help the reader?

• It shows you what words mean

• It shows you what page you find information on

• It shows you who the characters are

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How does labels help the reader?

• It tells you the names of the different parts of the picture

• It tells you what the picture is about

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How does a heading help the reader?

• It tells you what information will be right below it.

• It tells you the page numbers you can find the information on.

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How does a map help the reader?

• It shows you where things take place

• It shows you what a picture means

• It tells you what words mean

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How does a photograph help the reader?

• It confuses them

• It shows them what it really looks like

• It shows them how to draw a picture of it

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How does bold print help the reader?

• It tells them what the word means

• It tells you what page number to find the answer on

• It tells you the word is important or that it is a vocab word.

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How does a caption help the reader?

• It tells you what the picture is about

• It tells you a funny joke

• It tells you what the words mean.

Now it is your turn!

Go back to your desk and practice finding text features. Remember they are there to help you!