Reference Skills
Parts of a Book
Internet Smarts
Hodge Podge
Genres
100
You could use this to find the definition of the word archaeologists.
What is a dictionary?
100

This names the title of the book. It also tells who wrote the book and who drew the pictures. It even tells the name of the company that published the book.

What is the Title Page?

100

This is what you say when Wikipedia, Wikis, or Wikihow pop up on the internet.

What is Icky?

100

When an author describes a place or surrounding in a story.

What is Setting?

100
Stories that are made up from the imagination of the author and are not true.
What is Fiction?
200
You use this book to find a synonym for the word abandoned.
What is a thesaurus?
200

This lists all the chapters that are in the book. You can use this to find out what page each chapter begins on.

What is the Table of Contents?

200
This shows you the address of a website on the world wide web.
What is the Address Bar?
200

This is what you do after reading information from a newspaper, article or website and write that information on a piece of paper in your own words.

What is Note Taking?

200
Writing dealing with facts and events rather than the imagination.
What is Non-Fiction?
300

This can be a set of books or online that gives information about many topics. The topics are listed in Alphabetical order.

What is an encyclopedia?

300

This is the page that gives the copyright date, which is the date that the book was published.

What is the copyright page?

300

Being safe when using the internet. Do not give out personal information or go to websites without your parent or guardians permission.

What is the Internet Safety?

300

This is to steal or pass off the ideas or words of another as your own. Be careful not to do this when you are doing research!

What is plagiarism?

300
A fictional story where the characters have to be detectives to solve a problem. This type of story is usually filled with suspense!
What is a Mystery?
400

A book that has a collection of maps. This book also contains information about the land, crops and the population of an area.

What is an Atlas?

400
The part of a textbook that might list the meaning of the word temple?
What is the glossary?
400
A program that searches information on the world wide web by looking for keywords.
What is a Search Engine?
400

The name of our online catalog for the library. I can use this to check if a book is available or reserve a book and see all of the information I might need to know about that book.

What is OPALS?

400
A non-fiction book about a real persons life and their accomplishments or events that happened during their life written by someone else.
What is a Biography?
500

A pair of words at the top of a page. All of the words included on that page are between the two words in alphabetical order. Three types of reference materials use this.

What is are Guide Words?

500
An alphabetical listing of all topics/items usually found at the end of a book.
What is an index?
500

An image or portion of text that when clicked on takes you to another page, image or sound.

What is a Hyperlink/link?

500
When an author uses words in their writing to mimic sounds. It appeals to the sense of hearing and brings a description to life. Example: Buzzzzz!
What is Onomatopoeia?
500
A fictional story where the setting and characters are part of a notable period in history.
What is historical fiction?
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