Book Preview
- What does the title suggest?
- What does the cover art suggest?
- What do the blurbs say?
- Who said them?
- Who said them?
- What can you tell from the "About the Author"?
- What is the genre? fiction, nonfiction, biography, essay, poetry, history etc. Usually in the upper left corner on back.
- What other books has the author written?
- Is there a dedication?
- Is there an epigraph?
- What year was it first copyrighted?
- How are the chapters organized?
- What do the names of the chapters suggest?
- What do the names of the chapters suggest?
- How is the book laid out? Big or small print? Number of pages?
- Are there illustrations, pictures?
- Is there an appendix, index or introduction?
- What does the marginalia look like?
List three assumptions you can make about the book you are previewing
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1 comment:
1.) It is historical in a story form.
2.) The title tells of a coming disaster.
3.) We'll learn about the dust bowl and how it affected the lives of people who stayed there.
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