Interpreting Visuals in Nonfiction

TRUE? or FALSE?

Text features give a reader more information about a text.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE? or FALSE?

Text features make a text easier to understand.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE? or FALSE?

Text features make a text more boring.

• TRUE

• FALSE

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

The words on the front of a book, that tell you what you will be reading about.

• title

• diagram

• photograph

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

A real life picture in a text.

• chart

• caption

• photograph

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

This shows the parts of something, and has labels.

• diagram

• caption

• glossary

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

This can be found at the beginning of a book, right after the title page, and shows the chapter names and page numbers.

• table of contents

• illustration

• text box

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

The words in a text that are darker and easier to see, so you know that those words are important.

• caption

• bold print

• text box

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

A picture that is a drawing or cartoon, and is not real-life.

• illustration

• photograph

• heading

NAME THAT TEXT FEATURE!

This can be found at the end of a non-fiction book, and tells you the meaning (definition) of important words in the book.

• glossary

• table of contents

• index