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Non fiction terms
Non text features
Term | Definition |
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Captions | Help you better understand a picture or photograph. |
Comparisons | These sentences help you to picture something{example: A whale shark is a little bit bigger than a school bus. |
Glossary | Helps you define words that are in the book. |
Graphics | Charts, graphs, or cutaways are used to help you understand what the author is trying to tell you. |
Illustrations/photographs | Help you to know exactly what something looks like. |
Index | This is an alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells you what page the idea is on |
Labels | These help you identify a picture or a photograph and its parts. |
Maps | Help you to understand where places are in the world. |
Special print | When a word is bold, in italics, or underlined, it is an important word for you to know. |
Subtitles | This headings help you to know what the next section will be about. |
Table of contents | Helps you identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented. |