A story that is made up but could be true or could actually happen.
What is realistic fiction?
100
To copy and use another person's work and pass it off as your own; to use another person's ideas without properly giving them credit.
What is plagiarism?
100
The name of the computer program that we use in school to look up books.
What is Destiny?
100
The reference source that gives you the meanings of words, their pronunciations, parts of speech; lists the words in alphabetical order.
What is a dictionary?
100
The central idea, underlying message, or moral of a story.
What is theme?
200
A type of literature that references a specific time, place or event from the past, but is a made up story.
What is historical fiction?
200
Reading through a source and rewriting the ideas and information in your own words; not just changing a few words around.
What is paraphrasing?
200
The sticker located on a book's spine;gives us information about where a book is located in the library.
What is a call number?
200
The reference source that gives you a listings of words that means the same as the word you have chosen;book of synonyms(and sometimes antonyms).
What is a thesaurus?
200
The nonfiction text feature that allows the reader to locate a topic in a book; lists topics alphabetically and gives the page number where it is located in the book.
What is an index?
300
This type of literature that includes elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers.
What is fantasy?
300
A source, especially online, that you the researcher, have determined to be reliable and true.
What is a credible source?
300
This type of literature has a call number that includes the section where it is located and the first three letters of an author's last name.
What is fiction? (Other acceptable answers: paper back fiction or everyone books.)
300
The reference source that contains various lists, tables and brief articles about a specific topic or many topics.
What is an almanac?
300
The information that the online book catalog gives a person searching for a book.
What are title, author, call number, and copy status(how many copies are available for check-out).
400
A type of literature that gives the reader facts about a variety of topics, such as sports, animals, science, history,geography, space, weather, etc.
What is nonfiction or informational texts?
400
Software programs that search, gather and report information(sources) related to the keyword(s) you entered.
What is a search engine?
400
This type of book has a call number that includes a number that refers to the book's topic and the first three letters of the author's last name.
What is a nonfiction book?
400
A reference sources that contains articles on many topics, usually brief in nature, to give you an overview of the topic;articles are listed in alphabetical order and this source may have many volumes.
What is an encyclopedia?
400
A figure of speech in which the word sounds like the noise it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
500
This type of literature includes stories that are passed down from one group to another; includes folk tales, legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, fables, and myths from different cultures.
What is traditional literature?
500
A list of sources that you used to complete a research project; where you give credit to the author(s) of the information that you used in your research.
What is a bibliography(works cited, references)?
500
The person who invented the 10 category classification system for nonfiction books.
Who is Melvil Dewey?
500
The word or pair of words found at the top of a page in a thesaurus or dictionary; gives the first word and last word on a page and helps you decide whether a word you looking for is on that page.
What are guide words?
500
The figure of speech that uses a play on words and is usually funny; a joke is made by seeing the double meaning of a word.