BOOKMATCH
SLATERCat
Book Reviews
Nonfiction
Genres
100
Ordinary language means the book might include these.
What are made-up words or words that are in a different language.
100
This is the date the book was published.
What is copyright date?
100
The reviewer never gives this away in the book review.
What is the ending of the story?
100
This is one author's purpose for writing nonfiction.
What are to inform, entertain, or promote?
100
This fiction genre takes place in another time and can include actual events that occurred.
What is historical fiction?
200
Short or long chapters, diary entries, and novels in verse are different ways a book is __________________.
What is organized?
200
This is the place of a book's publication.
What is the city where the publishing company is located?
200
Includes a short summary of the book or part of the book and reasons the reviewer liked it. It can also include the reviewer's favorite part.
What should be included in a book review?
200
This is the way the library organizes nonfiction books on the shelves.
What is the Dewey Decimal system?
200
Dragons, witches, and other creatures may be included in these stories.
What is fantasy fiction?
300
Two things you might have prior knowledge about a book that would make you look it up to find and read would be these.
What are author's name or series name?
300
These kinds of books are made-up stories, so not good for researching factual information.
What are fiction books?
300
Reviews and ratings of these different things in our lives can be helpful.
What are movies, TV shows, video games and products we buy?
300
This reference source contains maps.
What is an atlas?
300
These books are true accounts of someone's life written by that person.
What are autobiographies or memoirs?
400
You want to make sure the book you choose has "manageable text" for you. What does this mean and how can you check?
What is vocabulary that is not too difficult and you can check using the "five-finger rule."
400
The middle school library owns a few of these and they are books you can read online. One title is called A Land of Big Dreamers.
What are ebooks?
400
The review needs to include at least one of these or the reader will not know what book is being reviewed.
What are the title and author's name?
400
Someone would use this reference source (print or online) to look up the definition of a word.
What is a dictionary?
400
Story takes place in the future and includes technological devices.
What is science fiction and dystopian?
500
When the reader can identify with a character or situation in the book, this is.
What is making a connection?
500
Keyword, Author, Title, Subject, and Series
What are the five ways to search in SLATERCat?
500
This is a reason Mrs. McLeod uses book reviews before ordering books for the library.
What is because books are expensive and also because reviews help with appropriateness of titles.
500
These are examples of reader's aides in nonfiction articles and books.
What are photos, graphs, maps, captions, and headings.
500
You want this genre if you like an exciting, plot-based story.
What is the action/adventure genre?
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