Vocabulary
singersong
What is engrossing?
This author is famous for Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and James and the Giant Peach
Who is Roald Dahl?
This part of the book lists the chapter titles and the page each chapter starts on.
What is the Table of Contents?
“When you play the game of thrones you win or you die.”
What is A Game of Thrones by George RR Martin?
This person invented the printing press
Who is Johannes Gutenberg?
culoramfi
What is formulaic?
This author is famous for The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham
Who is Dr Seuss?
This is a list of all the sources for the material used in the book
What is the Bibliography?
“Very few castaways can claim to have survived so long at sea as Mr. Patel, and none in the company of an adult Bengal tiger.”
What is Life of Pi by Yann Martel?
This is the job of a person who used to handwrite every book before the printing press
What is a scribe?
tingervi
What is riveting?
This author is known for writing War and Peace and Anna Karenina
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
A removable paper cover, usually illustrated, for protecting the book and usually giving information about the book and the author.
What is the dust jacket (book jacket)?
“It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling?
In The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne wears this letter on her dress
What is the letter A?
dicchle
What is cliched?
She is best known for writing To Kill a Mockingbird
Who is Harper Lee?
The back of a book cover or binding, usually indicating the title and author.
What is the spine?
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.”
What is 1984 by George Orwell?
This is the most popular non-English book worldwide
What is Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery?
pinidis
What is insipid?
This person wrote many letters and books while in prison for 27 years
Who is Nelson Mandela?
The inside margin of the pages of a book; the inner margins of facing pages when book is open.
What is the gutter?
“It is nothing to die; it is dreadful not to live.”
What is Les Miserables by Victor Hugo?
Name at least three of the books written by former US President Barack Obama
What are Dreams from my Father, The Audacity of Hope, A Promised Land, Of Thee I Sing