Parts of a Book

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Parts of a Book
Physical
The Guts of the Book
The Contents
The Introduction
The Body
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The Glossary
The Index
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The Contents are located at the front of the
book, and give you a listing of all Contents,
or chapters of the book. It will give you page
numbers, and direct you to the index, glossary,
or any part of the book.
The Contents
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The Introduction
The Introduction is also in the front of the
book, after the contents. This contains
information from the writer, or background
information, and may also be accompanied by a
Foreward to the reader.
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The Body
The Body of the book is in the middle of the
book, and contains the reading material chapters
of the book.
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The Glossary
The Glossary is in the back of the book, and is
like a dictionary. It contains definitions of
terms used in the book, in alphabetical order.
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The Index
The Index is the last section of the book, and is
a refrence of where to find certain topics in the
book. Look up the desired topic, and the Index
tells you what page it is on.
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Credits
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Microsoft Corporation. (1993) Encarta Kids.
  Microsoft Office (2001).  Microsoft XP
Professional.
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