Table of Content
What is a table of contents?
A list at the beginning of books, documents, or reports that show each chapter, sections, and their page number.
What is a copyright?
It gives authors exclusive control over their copy, print, and how they share their work. It protects the authors work from being stolen or plagiarized.
What is a Synopsis?
A brief summary or general survey of the main points of a story/book. Like trailers for games or movies.
What is a glossary?
list of words about a specific topic you may not know, listed in alphabetical order.
What is an Index?
A list of words organized alphabetically and there page number to help you find the word.
Do fantasy/fiction books have table of contents?
Some
How do copyrights in books differ from video game and other copyrights?
trick question, they don't
What is a footnote
A short note placed at the bottom or side of the page to not disrupt the flow of the text. It provides extra context, whatever it may be to help you understand what's happening in the story better.
Where is the glossary located?
In the back of the book before the index.
Where do you find the index?
after the glossary in the back of the book.
What is the most famous table of contents?
The Bible's table of contents
Where is copyright found in a book?
After the title page.
Where is a synopsis found on paperback books?
The back cover.
Does the glossary give you the full definition of the word?
No, it just gives you a summarized definition.
How does the Tabula style work?
it uses symbols to mark words or favorite subjects to compile them into sweeping subjects.
When is the first known appearance of the table of contents?
1st century BC
What year is it believes copyright first appeared in books and which book?
In 1710 in the Statute of Anne in Great Britain
When was the first known appearance of the footnote.
1568 by the English printer Richard Jugge in Bishop's Bible.
When is the first known appearance of the glossary?
2600 BC in ancient Mesopotamia by the Akkadians and Babylonians.
What was the index before the first true index that the know today.
It was written in Paris by Hugh of Saint-Cher in 1467 and broke down every Latin word in the bible according to the alphabetical order.
Who is believed to have written the first table of contents?
The Roman writer Quintus Valerius Soranus
Why is it important to know where the copyright is located?
For siting resources in essays
When is the first known appearance of the synopsis, when it became a publishing pitch.
in the 19th century.
What are Urra=hubullu tablets and their purpose?
some of the oldest surviving word lists, they were used to translate and explain the older Sumerian language, so people could read and understand it.
When was the first official print of the index?
in 1467by Fust and Schoeffer in Mainz, featuring an edition of Saint Augustine's De arte praedicandi.