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What is the name for the part of a book that is a note to the reader about what is in the book?

Answer- The Author’s Note

Words written in dark print that help readers locate vocabulary words and titles are called what?

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Bold Print Words

Information that is found near pictures or illustrations in a non-fiction text are called what?

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Captions

This is the name of a drawing that explains the parts of something. Labels are used to help the reader find all of the parts of this particular text feature.

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Diagram

This text feature is found just inside the front cover and the back cover of a non-fiction book. It gives the reader additional information about the topic of the book.

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The End Pages

This is the way that the text appears in a non-fiction book. It could appear bold or in italics. It can also be different sizes.

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Font

This is an alphabetized list of the special words that are in a non-fiction book. It also included the words meaning.

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Glossary

What is the topic, title, or subtitle that stands at the beginning of a section in a non-fiction text?

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Headings

This is an alphabetized list of all that is in a non-fiction text. The page numbers on which to find things can also be found in this part of a non-fiction text.

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Index

This text feature appears when a writer spells a word out phonetically to enable the reader to pronounce it correctly.

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Pronunciation Guide

What text feature helps you to know how to interpret information on a map?

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Map Key

This text feature helps a reader to make out small details of something from a photograph.

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Close- Up

This text feature helps a reader to be able to better understand text by showing a picture of what is being explained.

(Two point will be awarded if you can give the name of the two different text features that do this)

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Illustrations and photographs

What is the name of the text feature that is found in boxes of information to the side of the main text?

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Sidebars

This text feature shows the information from a text in the order by giving the page numbers on which the information is found.

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Table of Contents

This is the fancy Latin name for the pages that are even numbered and found on the left –hand side of the two-page spread.

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Verso Pages

This text feature is located in the back of a non- fiction text. It gives additional information such as charts and graphs that are not included in the main text.

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The Appendix

This is a special kind of diagram that shows what something would look like from the inside and also from the outside.

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A Cutaway

This is a special type of font that allows important words and phrases to stand out from the normal font. It looks like this.

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Italics