Reading Nonfiction Text

You are reading a book about Barack Obama and there is a bold word you do not understand. What should you do?

• find the word in the index

• find the word in the table of contents

• find the word in the glossary

• find the word in a map

What might you have in your house that is nonfiction?

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid book

• comics

• a newspaper

• sales ad for Walmart

Slow pace reading.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Often requires re-reading and research, using dictionaries, teachers, and online sources.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Uses text features to hold reader's attention.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Includes an index, charts and graphs, photographs, and headings.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Genres include: biography, reference, autobiography, informational, newspaper.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Based on facts.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Can be read in any order.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Typically organized into chapters.

• Fiction

• Nonfiction