3.2 Zoom In

In The Beginning

Let’s zoom in on the first page of a nonfiction book. What do you notice?

A table of contents is a text feature that helps us quickly see what is “in the book” and helps us to find what we are looking for. This table of contents is from a nonfiction book, Sound Effects Artist - Odd Jobs.

On what page does the chapter about different types of sound begin?

Answer 16

If we want to look up an unfamiliar word, on what page can look?

Answer 32 A glossary is like a dictionary that only has tricky words from the book it is in.

(Source: Loh-Hagan, Virginia. Sound Effects Artist - Odd Jobs. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cherry Lake Publishing, 2016.)