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Parts Of A Book
Genres
Literary Terms
Vocabulary Strategies
100
List of what is in a book, telling on what pages to find names, topic, etc.
What is index
100
writing that is not fiction
What is nonfiction
100
a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in “she is like a rose.” Compare metaphor
What is simile
100
something that denotes; mark; symbol
What is denotation
200
List of special, technical , or hard words, usually in alphabetical order , with explantions or comments.
What is glossary
200
works of this class, as novels or short stories: detective fiction
What is fiction
200
a figure of speech in which a term or phrase is applied to something to which it is not literally applicable in order to suggest a resemblance, as in “A mighty fortress is our God.” Compare mixed metaphor, simile
What is metaphor
200
an act or instance of connoting.
What is connotation
300
Page at the beginning of a book that contains the title , the name of the author and publisher , etc.
What is title page
300
of or pertaining to science fiction: a writer of sci-fi books.
What is scifi
300
an expression whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements, as kick the bucket or hang one's head, or from the general grammatical rules of a language, as the table round for the round table, and that is not a constituent of a larger expression of like characteristics.
What is idiom
400
a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start
What is table of content
400
imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.
What is fantasy
400
the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story
What is plot
500
a book giving information on particular subjects or on a particular class of words, names, or facts, usually arranged alphabetically: a biographical dictionary; a dictionary of mathematics.
What is dictionary
500
a short tale to teach a moral lesson, often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
What is fable
500
the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
What is irony