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word wall terms and definitions
Term | Definition |
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author | Person who writes a book |
title | The name of a book |
nonfiction | Books about things that are true |
fiction | Books made up by the author |
spine | The edge of the book, where you can see the books title |
fiction | Books with made-up stories |
call number | The "address" for the book, which tells where the book can be found in the library. |
Illustrator | The person who draws the pictures for a book |
Barcode | The computer code on a book that we use for checking out. |
Biography | A book about a persons life, written by another person. |
Publisher | The company that makes the book. |
Atlas | A book of maps. |
Dictionary | A book with words in ABC order and their definitions. |
Title Page | The page inside the book with the title, author and illustrator. |
Glossary | The section in the back of a nonfiction book that gives you definitions of vocabulary words from the book. |
Table of Contents | The section in the front of the book that tells you the names of the chapters and on what page they start. |
Reference | The section of the library with encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauruses, atlases, and almanacs. |
Autobiography | The book a person writes about his or her own life. |
Text | The words in a book |