Nonfiction Text Features Practice
A third-grade worksheet focusing on identifying and understanding various nonfiction text features.
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Nonfiction Text Features Practice
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Read the following questions carefully and answer them based on your knowledge of nonfiction text features.
1. What text feature tells you what the main idea of a section is?
Glossary
Table of Contents
Heading
Index
2. Which text feature would you look at to find the definition of a new word?
Caption
Glossary
Bold Print
Diagram
3. The index is usually found at the beginning of a nonfiction book.
True
False
4. A caption tells you more about a picture or photograph.
True
False
5. A helps you find information about specific topics and the page numbers where they can be found.
6. Words written in are important and often have definitions in the glossary.
7. Look at the illustration below. What text feature is this, and what is its purpose?
Match each text feature with its definition.
8. Table of Contents
a. Shows what a picture is about
9. Caption
b. Lists chapters and page numbers
10. Diagram
c. A drawing that explains something