Nonfiction Text Features Practice

Nonfiction Text Features Practice

Read each question carefully and follow the instructions. This worksheet will help you practice identifying and understanding different nonfiction text features.

1. Which text feature often tells you what a chapter or section will be about?

2. What is the purpose of a photograph or illustration in a nonfiction text?

Read the sentences below and fill in the blank with the correct text feature.

1. A   is a list of important words and their definitions, usually found at the back of a book.

2. You can find key topics and the page numbers where they appear in a book by looking at the  .

3. Words that are printed in darker, thicker letters are called   words and are important to notice.

Read each statement and circle True or False.

1. A caption helps you understand what is happening in a picture or diagram.

2. A heading is usually found at the very end of a book and lists all the sources the author used.

1. Imagine you are reading a book about animals. You want to quickly find information about 'bears'. Which text feature would you use and why?

2. How do sidebars or fact boxes help a reader understand a nonfiction topic better?

Use the words from the bank to complete the sentences below.

1. A   shows the different parts of something with labels.

2. When a book has a lot of information, it might use a   to break up the text into smaller, easier-to-read sections.

3. If you want to see where a country or city is located, you would look at a  .

4. Important words that the author wants you to notice are often written in  .

Match each text feature with its description.