1. Nonfiction
Feature
Study

2. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

11. 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.

12. 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

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

14. 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