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MMS Review
Review of library terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Literature is generally divided into two main categories. The category for books that are not true is _______________. | Fiction |
| The main category for books that are true and are assigned a Dewey number is ____________. | Nonfiction |
| What word or words do you think of when you think of an almanac? | Facts and Statistics |
| What information can be found in a dictionary? | Spelling, definitions, plurals, capitalization, part of speech |
| What will be found in an atlas? | Maps |
| An encyclopedia offers ___________ information about a topic. | General |
| Who designed the Dewey Decimal System? | Melville Dewey |
| What is the word for the types of literature? | Genres |
| What do we call a book that is written about someone but written by someone else? | Biography |
| An ________ contains an alphabetical listing of topics and the page nubmers. It is found in the back of the book. | Index |
| A _________ __ _____________ is found in the front of the book. Its order is according to the order of the book. | Table of Contents |
| A _______________ has explanations or definitions of different or unfamiliar terms used in a book. | Glossary |
| An _________________ is a book that is about the person who wrote the book. | Autobiography |