AUTHORS
DO YOU KNOW YOUR DEWEY?
PARTS OF A BOOK
BASIC LIBRARY SKILLS
ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE
100

Jeff Kinney

Who wrote the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books?

100

The Subject for the 000 section.

What is General Knowledge?

100

Located near the front of the book and lists the sections or chapters in a book and what page number that section or chapter starts on.

What is the Table of Contents?

100

Call number for the book Fablehaven by Brandon Mull.

F

Mul

100

Where and When a story takes place.

What is the setting?

200

Author of the Harry Potter books.

Who is J.K. Rowling

200

The person who developed the system to organize the nonfiction books in a library.

Who is Melville Dewey?

200

A message from the author and or illustrator expressing appreciation, usually located near the front of the book.

What is the dedication?

200

All nonficiton call numbers begin with.

What is a number?

200

The events that occur in the story.

What is the plot?

300

Author of Restart, Masterminds, Ungifted and Swindle.

Who is Gordon Korman?

300

Religion Section

What are the 200's?

300

A list of unique or new words and their definitions found in the back of the book.

What is the Glossary?

300

A book written about a person's life by another person and the dewey number associated with these books.

What is a biography and 92?

300

Characters

What are the animals or people in the story?

400

E.B. White

Who is the author of Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan?

400

The 400 section

Where are the books on languages located?

400

Alphabetical list of topics and their page numbers usually found at the back of the book.

What is the index?

400

What the month of February is.

What is Black History Month?

400

Who the narrator is and what information he or she provides.

What is Point of View?

500

Author of Fuzzy Mud, Holes and the Sideways Stories from Wayside School.

Louis Sachar

500

Books on Psychology, Philosophy and Logic are located in this section.

What is the 100's section?

500

Found in the back of the book, it lists sources used for research.

What is the Bibliography or Works Cited page?

500

The first lady of the United States who saved George Washington's painting during the war of 1812.

Who is Dolly Madison?

500

The central idea or lesson about life a story conveys.

What is theme?

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