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Non Fiction Terms
Non Fiction
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 cutawys 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 |
map | help you to understand where places are in the world |
special print | when a word is bold ,in italics , or underline,it is an important word for you to know |
subtitles | these 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 |