Which of the following would most likely be shown in a diagram of a nonfiction text?

the location of planets in the solar system.

displays and organizes facts and numbers.

Which of the following would you find in the glossary of a book called "Biology?"

the definition of the word "enzyme."

On pg 12 in a book Jo read the words "Spain" in big letters & "North Spain" in smaller letters.

This page contained a heading and subheading.

Which could be a caption near a photograph of a sleeping sloth?

Some sloths sleep 15-18 hours a day.

Jo is writing a report on Italy not Spain so he quickly flips to Ch. 3 on Italy.. what is true?

Jo used text features to skim the text & find what he needs.

Why might a reader use the index of a book?

To see if a book has the information they need.

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1
Which of the following would most likely be shown in a diagram of a nonfiction text?
the hero of the story.
the location of planets in the solar system.
the definition of the word "debris."
a painting of a famous scientist.
2
A graph or chart...
provides additional description words.
explains a photograph.
displays and organizes facts and numbers.
shows all the photographs a book contains.
3
If a term is in bold, italics, or highlighted it might be...
spelled incorrectly.
information you should skip.
a new term to learn.
a less important detail.
4
Cynthia doesn't understand a picture in her book... she could:
Stare at it for three minutes.
Look for a graph.
Read the caption.
Look in the table of contents.
5
In a book, Jen sees a picture of a plant with the parts labeled - she's looking at...
a diagram.
a table.
a caption.
a vocabulary word.
6
Which of the following would you find in the glossary of a book called "Biology?"
a history of discovery cells.
a biography of biologist Rachel Carson.
a list of pages "chemical reactions" appear on.
the definition of the word "enzyme."
7
Which text feature tells you the major topic of a chapter of a book?
Glossary
Table of Contents
Heading
Caption
8
On pg 12 in a book Jo read the words "Spain" in big letters & "North Spain" in smaller letters.
This page contained no text features.
This page contained a table of contents.
This page contained a diagram and nothing else.
This page contained a heading and subheading.
9
Which could be a caption near a photograph of a sleeping sloth?
Gorillas can catch colds from humans.
The Queen of England arrives in Fiji.
Some sloths sleep 15-18 hours a day.
5.5 million people live in Singapore.
10
True or False: Nonfiction books never contain text features.
False
True
11
Jo is writing a report on Italy not Spain so he quickly flips to Ch. 3 on Italy.. what is true?
Jo isn't using text features correctly.
Jo is reading the book cover to cover.
Jo used text features to skim the text & find what he needs.
Jo will have to read the chapter on Spain later.
12
Why might a reader use the index of a book?
To find the meaning of an unknown word.
To learn more about the author of the book.
To see if a book has the information they need.
To learn when the book was published.
13
Jo knows Italy will be described on pages 20-28, to figure this out he probably...
Looked for Italy in the glossary.
Looked for Italy on a diagram.
Saw this information on the cover.
Looked for Italy in the index.
14
Text features can help us to...
Make predictions about the text
Understand the Text
Navigate the text
All of the above
15
Which feature would be used to find all the chapter titles in a book and page #s they start on?
Index
Table of Contents
Headings
Glossary
16
Imagine you are reading a book called "Languages" - which would be a heading in the book?
"Guitars"
"Pasta Dishes"
"Sloths"
"Spanish"

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