| A | B |
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| copyright page | lists publication date and place of publication |
| table of contents | lists the chapters in the book |
| glossary | a special dictionary in the back of a book |
| preface | an introduction to the book |
| index | a subject listing for a specific book |
| encyclopedia | used for long reports and research |
| thesaurus | used to locate synonyms and antonyms |
| almanac | a book of facts |
| dictionary | used to find definition, parts of speech, etc |
| telephone directory | used to locate local addresses |
| newspaper | find tomorrow's weather report here |
| fiction | not true |
| nonfiction | true stories |
| biography | a book about a person's life written by someone else |
| autobiography | a book written about you by you |
| author | the person who writes a book |
| title | the name on the book |
| subject | what the book is about |
| dewey decimal | the numbering system used for books in the library |
| folk tales | stories that describe great heroes with no supernatural powers passed down through generations |
| historical fiction | a not true story that used real stories and real events |
| realistic fiction | fiction story that could actually happen today |
| fantasy | has characters with supernatural powers |
| myths | stories with god and goddesses from different cultures |
| science fiction | stories about future life and planets |
| fable | stories that have a moral or lesson |
| poetical | written in lines and stanzas |
| setting | where and when a story takes place |
| characters | the people in a story |
| plot | what the story is about |
