Nonfiction Feature Study

Let’s Compare Nonfiction Fiction tell facts gives information usually has photographs teaches a topic textbooks, biographies, autobiographies tells a story has characters has a plot (problem/solution) made up fantasy, realistic fiction, tall tales, folktales

Photographs Photographs help the reader understand exactly what something looks like.

Labels Labels help the reader identify a picture or a photograph and its parts.

Comparisons Comparisons help the reader understand the size of one thing by comparing it to the size of something familiar.

Cutaways Cutaways help the reader understand something by looking at it from the inside.

Maps Maps help the reader understand where things are in the world.

Close-ups Close-ups help the reader see details in something small. wolf spider shark skin ant eye

Tables / Charts Tables help the reader understand important information by listing it in a table or chart form.

Types of Penguins Habitats Our Presidents Types of Print Types of print help the reader by signaling, “Look at me! I’m important!” Types of Penguins Habitats Our Presidents

Captions Captions help the reader better understand a picture or photograph. The Georgia Governor’s Mansion is located in Atlanta, Georgia. It is the home of Georgia’s new Governor Nathan Deal and his family. The White House is located in Washington, D.C. It is the home of President Obama and the first family.

Table of contents Table of Contents help the reader find key topics and chapters in the book in the order that they come. Types of Dogs……………………..1 How to Train a Dog…………….8 Care for Dogs…………………….15 Working Dogs……………………23 Dogs in the Wild………………..30

Index Index is an alphabetical list of key words written in the text, with page numbers so you can find the information easily. Crating 10-12 Dog food 16 Leash training 12 Sheep dogs 4, 25

Glossary Glossary gives the meaning of the key words which helps the reader understand what the words mean in the text. The words are listed in alphabetical order. bird dog n.     A dog used to hunt game birds crate n.     A container, such as a slatted wooden case, used for storing dog biscuit n.     A hard cracker for dogs