Quiz: Nonfiction Text Features

Which of these is NOT a nonfiction text feature?

• Table of Contents
• Chapter summaries
• Bold Words
• Glossary

What contains the author's name, publisher, publication city, ISBN number, and copyright date? (It's located in the first few pages of a book).

• Verso Page
• Table of Contents
• Index
• Glossary

What is the purpose of a Table of Contents?

• To help readers locate chapters and sections with their page numbers
• To provide definitions of difficult words in the text
• To show photographs and illustrations from the book
• To list the author's other published works

What is the purpose of a Dedication Page?

• To list the book's chapters
• To tell whom the book is dedicated to
• To show the book's price
• To list the author's other books

Where is a Table of Contents typically found?

• At the end of the book
• In the middle of the book
• At the beginning of the book
• On the book's cover

What is the purpose of a timeline?

• To show photographs
• To tell the order of events
• To list vocabulary words
• To show the book's chapters

What is a photograph in a nonfiction text used for?

• To decorate the page
• To show exactly what something looks like
• To fill empty space
• To make the book longer

What is an illustration in a nonfiction text?

• A picture taken with a camera
• A picture drawn or painted to show how something looks
• A list of important dates
• A type of graph

What is a caption?

• A title at the top of the page
• A picture
• Text near a visual that explains it
• A type of graph

How do labels differ from captions?

• Labels use one or two words while captions use one or two sentences
• Labels are only used for pictures
• Labels are only used in fiction books
• Labels are longer than captions