Non-Fiction Text Features

Which text feature is demonstrated

in the sentence below?

A Latin term meaning bird is avis.

• Font Styles

• Index

• Charts and Graphs

• Captions

A city planner wants to identify a

trend in new home construction in

the closest suburbs. He wants to

track building over ten years. What

text feature will he use to demonstrate his results?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions

A researcher is looking through an

old textbook and encounters the

word oligarchy in bold. 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

• index

While reading a science textbook a

student finds the term allotrope.

He doesn’t know what it means.

Where should he look?

• headings and subheadings

• table of contents

• index

• glossary

Which text feature is demonstrated

below?

Causes of World War II

Following WWI, Germany was burdened with

tremendous debt. The economy was slow to

recover, and many cities lay in ruins. The

Treaty of Versailles required that Germany

repay France and other nations over $100

billion Marks (the currency of Germany).

Hyperinflation

Germany struggled to repay its debt. One

solution was to print money at an alarming

rate. This resulted in hyperinflation and

caused the value of the German Mark to plummet.

• diagrams

• table of contents

• glossary

• headings and subheadings

Which text feature is intended to

provide a brief description of what

appears in a photo or drawing?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions

Brenda has purchased a book

about the Titanic. She wants to see

if there is a section about the

building of the ship. Where should

she look?

• headings and subheadings

• table of contents

• glossary

• diagrams

Sandra has a book about the

history of the British Royal

families. She wants to find all the

references to Queen Victoria in the

book. Where should she look?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions

Marisol has added a photo of a

famous speech to her paper on

Civil Rights. What text feature

should she use to identify the

speaker in the photo?

• font styles

• index

• charts and graphs

• captions

Cassie has designed a new kind of

light bulb that she believes will be

energy efficient and less expensive.

She wants to patent the design so

that others can’t copy it. She

needs to draw a picture of the

light bulb and explain the key

components. Which text feature

will she use?

• headings and subheadings

• table of contents

• glossary

• digrams