1. NONFICTION
BOOK PARTS
How well do you know
the parts of a
nonfiction book?

2. Table of Contents
• Where is the Table of Contents
found?
• What is the Table of Contents?
• The table of contents is at the front
of a book.
• The table of contents lists the
chapters in order of appearance,
found near the front of the book.

3. Index
• Where is the index found?
What is an index?
• The index is found at the back of
the book.
• The index is an alphabetical list of
names and subjects.

4. Glossary
• Where is it found?
• What is a glossary?
• A glossary is found at the back of
the book.
• It is a dictionary of terms used in
the book.

5. Preface
• Where is the preface found?
• What is a preface?
• A preface may be found on the back
cover, inside the front cover, or may
be the first few pages in the book.
• The preface is a brief explanation of
what the book is about.

6. Text
• Where would you find the text?
What is the text?
• The text is the is the main body
of the book.

7. Appendix
• Where is the appendix found?
• What is the appendix?
• An appendix is found at the end of
the book.
• An appendix includes additional
material that was not included in the
text.

8. Bibliography
• Where is the bibliography found?
• What is a bibliography?
• A bibliography is typically found at
the back of the book.
• A bibliography lists the sources
that were used or referred to by an
author.

9. Just a review of what you
should know by now…
• What is the copyright date?
• What information is on a title
page?

10. Now lets review the parts in
a nonfiction book.
• How well did you pay attention?
• Do you think you can do better
than your neighbor?

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18. How did you do?
Does every nonfiction book
have all of these parts?