Non-Fiction+Notes

=Non-Fiction Notes=

Getting Started
Nonfiction material is organized much differently than fiction material. The way we can derive information effectively from informational books is by using “Text Features.” Text features help the reader locate information and understand the text. Some examples of text features are: indexes bold words captions labels charts graphs table of contents.

 Identifying Nonfiction Features These features of nonfiction alert the reader that important information is about to be revealed. They act as signposts. • **Fonts and special effects ** ◊ **Bold Face Type ** • Bullet Points ◊ //Italics // ◊ **I ** nitial **C ** aps ◊ Underline ◊ ALL CAPITAL LETTERS ◊ Larger Text Than the Rest ◊ Quotation Marks ◊ Headings ◊ Sub-headings ◊ Boxed information

• **Illustrations and photographs ** ◊ illustration ◊ photograph ◊ graphics. ◊ diagrams ◊ cutaways ◊ cross sections ◊ overlays ◊ maps ◊ word bubbles ◊ tables ◊ charts ◊ graphs ◊ framed text ◊ caption ◊ label

• **Text Organizers **◊ index ◊ preface ◊ table of contents ◊ timeline or chronology ◊ glossary ◊ appendix

• **Textual cues ** ◊ for instance

◊ in fact ◊ in conclusion ◊ most important ◊ but therefore ◊ on the other hand ◊ such as