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Books
8th form
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| an author | a person who writes books |
| an illustrator | a person who draws pictures for books |
| fiction | a book about events which didn’t really take place |
| non-fiction | a book that describes real events and people |
| biography | a book that describes a story of a real person’s life |
| autobiography | a book about a person’s life written by that person himself |
| encyclopaedia | a book that has information about many different subjects or about one subject and is usually put in alphabetical order |
| cookbook | a book with recipes for preparing food |
| audiobook | a recorded reading of a book that you can listen to |
| dictionary | a book that has a list of words in alphabetical order and explains their meanings or translates them into another language |
| detective novel | novel in which a detec tive tries to solve a crime |
| historical novel | novel which is based on real historical events |
| romantic novel | story about love |
| fable | a short story that tells a moral truth, often using animals as characters |
| science-fiction | books about imaginary events in the future, espe cially about space travel or other planets |
| poetry | a type of literature which uses musical qualities of the language |
| fairy tale | story for children involving magical events and imaginary creatures |
| fantasy | stories that describe situations that are very different from real life, usually involving magic |
| comics | books that have stories told in pictures with a bit of writing |
| blog | a website where someone regularly writes about their experiences |
| bookworm | a person who likes reading very much |
| mind-numbing | very boring |
| page-turner | a book that is very exciting |
| predictable | known in advance that it will happen or what it will be like |
| varied | of many different types |
| relate to | to be connected with something/somebody |
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