Nonfiction Reading Practice

You are reading a science book about water. There is a drawing of the water cycle, there are arrows and labels on the drawing showing you how water changes. What feature are you looking at?

• the table of contents

• the glossary

• a photograph

• a diagram

You open a nonfiction book up to the middle of the book. You wonder what that section is all about. What text feature will help you?

• index

• glossary

• subtitle or subheading

• label

If you are reading a nonfiction book and you don't know a word but it's NOT bold. What can you do to help figure out the meaning of the word?

• summarize the page

• use context clues, look for clues in the text nearby

• just skip it

• draw a picture

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 would the genre be of a book written to tell you facts about the life of a real person?

• fantasy fiction

• science fiction

• realistic fiction

• biography

You are reading a book about bats, you only want to find information about their babies, what text feature should you use to help you.

• index

• glossary

• bold word

• map

What is the genre of a book that tells you facts and information about the planets?

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

• nonfiction

• biography

Why does your teacher have you read nonfiction books?

• to make you laugh

• to confuse you

• to teach you new things about the world

• to persuade you to do something

What might you have in your house that is nonfiction?

• Diary of a Wimpy Kid book

• comics

• a recipe

• book of fairy tales

Which science book below would be nonfiction?

• Aliens Invade Earth

• Spider Boy

• Planet Earth

• Lilly's Science Adventure