Non-Fiction Text Features

Which text feature identifies the topic of the text?

• Glossary

• Title

• Index

• Bold words

What might a title page include?

• Title, author, illustrator, publisher

• Title, subheading, glossary

• Title, author, glossary

• Title, author, illustrator, index

What is the text feature that tells the names of chapters and what pages the chapters can be found?

• Title

• Glossary

• Photograph

• Table of Contents

What is one main difference between an index and a glossary?

• An index tells page numbers, a glossary tells definitions

• A glossary tells page numbers, an index tells definitions

• They are both the same

Why are headings useful when we are reading non-fiction?

• They make the page more colourful

• They break the text up

• They explain what different sections of the text will be about

• They are more interesting to read

What is a main similarity between a photograph and an illustration?

• They both show what something looks like

• They are both taken with a camera

• They are both drawn with a pencil

• They can both be found in newspapers

Captions can usually be found under...

• Titles

• Photographs or illustrations

• Indexes

• Table of Contents

Labels help us to...

• Name photographs or illustrations

• Tell the difference between photographs and illustrations

• Tell the name of certain parts of a photograph or illustration

• Read a text more easily

Tables and graphs both...

• Are part of texts

• Help organize information

• Show real objects

• Use math

Diagrams and maps may also be found in non-fiction texts

• False

• True