Ministry of Health

Foundation Centre

Introductory Units
Unit:1
All About Books

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 Objectives
Identify different parts of a book
Recognize the function of each part
Use the different parts in order to find the
required information you need easily
Write the reference

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 Introduction
Knowing the parts
of a book can help
a reader locate
information
quickly and
easily.

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 Parts of a Book
 Front Cover
 Spine
 Back Cover
 Blurb
 Title Page
 Imprint Page
 Author
 Editor
 Illustrator
 ISBN
 Publisher & Place of Publication
 Edition
 Table of Contents
 Glossary
 Index
 Preface, Appendix & Bibliography

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 The Outside of a Book

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 Cover & Spine
Back Cover
Outside Front
binding Cover
Spine Outside
The spine of a
book is the part binding
that you see when
the book is on the
shelf- It binds the
book together.

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 Front Cover
The front cover shows:
4. Publisher /Place
1.The Title/Name of of Publication
the book

2. Edition (the time

a book is published) 5. Name of the
author (s)
3. Illustrator

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 Back Cover
• The back cover includes the Blurb
It gives information about:
• the book
• the writers
• the users of the book
• other books and tapes used with the
book
• the publisher
• the place of publication
• the website/email address
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 Back Cover……contd.
• The back cover also gives us the ISBN-
International Standard Book Number. This
special number helps to identify the book.

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 Title Page
Title page
•the first page of a INTRO

book
•gives information Q: Skills for Success
Listening And Speaking
Student’s Course Book
about the title,
author, illustrator, Kristin D. Sherman

publisher and the OXFORD

UNIVERSITY PRESS
year the book was
printed
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 The Copyright/Imprint Page- ©
• The copyright © page
appears after the
Title page. It gives…
*the publisher’s name
*where the book was
published
*year in which the book
was published
(copyright date)
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 Author & Editor

Author is the one who writes

the book.
Sometimes more than one
person may write a book.

Editor is one who

edits/checks the work and
decides what will be in the
book and puts it all together.

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 Illustrator
Illustrator is the
person who
•draws pictures in
books
•sometimes on all
pages
• tell part of the
story

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 The Table of Contents

List of
chapters/modules
with units and
page numbers

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 Glossary
• appears in the
back of the book
• lists alphabetically
new words used in
the book with
their definitions

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 Index

Alphabetical
list of topics
and their
page
numbers
placed at the
end of a
book

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 Referencing- Book - one author
• It’s very important to do the referencing when
you borrow ideas from any book to avoid
plagiarism
Author’s Initial
Author’s surname Year of Publication Title(in Italics or underlined)

Clarke,S.,2008.Macmillan English Grammar in

Context. Thailand, Macmillan Publisher Limited.
Place of publication Publisher

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 Referencing- Internet

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 Reading Books For Pleasure
All writing falls into a category or genre.
There are 5 main genres and 15 subgenres

1. Nonfiction: writing that is true

2. Fiction: imaginative or made up writing
3. Folklore: stories once passed down orally
4. Drama: a play or script
5. Poetry: writing concerned with the beauty
of language
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 Genres & Subgenres

Fiction Non Fiction Drama Folklore Poetry

Realistic Informational Comedy Fairy Tale
Fiction Writing
Tragedy Legend
Historical Persuasive
Writing Tall Tale
Fiction
Biography Myth
Science
Fiction Autobiography Fable
Fantasy

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 Definition- Fiction
• Realistic Fiction: has no elements of fantasy, appears
to be true but isn’t
• Historical Fiction: set in the past and based on real
people and/or events
• Science Fiction: has aliens, robots, futuristic
technology and/or spaceships
• Fantasy: has monsters, magic, or characters with
superpowers

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 Non Fiction
• Informational Writing : explains something or
gives information
• Persuasive Writing : tries to influence the
reader
• Biography: writing about someone else‘s life
• Autobiography: life story written by oneself

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 Drama
• Dramas are stories written in script form
• Comedy: has a happy ending
• Tragedy: ends in death and sadness.

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 Folklore
• Fairy Tale : has magic and/or talking animals
• Legend: based on a real person or place
• Tall Tale: set in the Wild West, the American frontier
• Myth: has gods/goddess and usually accounts for the
creation of something
• Fable: short story with personified (given the traits of
people) animals and a moral (lesson or
message )

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 Conclusion
If you know the
genres and the
parts of a book you
can reduce your
research time,
conduct effective
research, read
efficiently and
write good
summaries.

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 References
• http://www.slideshare.net/carcifmon
• Introductory Units “In house” Materials.
• Genre and Subgenre-Categories of Writing- a
detailed study

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 Thank You

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