Task 1. Match the words with their definitions:
| 1. shade
| a) almost solid, and therefore flowing very slowly, or not flowing at all
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| 2. substance
| b) a difference between things that are being compared
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| 3. highlights
| c) an act of showing how to do something or how something works
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| 4. thick
| d) strong and well made
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| 5. glow
| e) a process in which you test a new idea or method to see if it is useful or effective
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| 6. experiment
| f) strong-smelling gas or smoke that is unpleasant to breathe in
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| 7. contrast
| g) the dark places in a picture
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| 8. fumes
| h) areas of hair that have been made a lighter colour than the rest
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| 9. solid
| i) a soft steady light
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| 10. demonstration
| j) a particular type of solid, liquid, or gas
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Task 2. Imagine that you have been invited to give a lesson on art at school. You should explain the difference between painting and drawing to schoolchildren. Write notes for your presentation.
Task 3. Complete the following definitions in your own words:
1. The title page tells _____________________________________.
2. The copyright page is on the ___________ of the title page. It tells _______________________________________________________________.
3. The foreword/preface contains ____________________. It can be written by ______________________________________________________.
4. The contents page lists __________________________________.
5. The glossary __________________________________________.
6. The bibliography is _____________________________________.
7. The index is ___________________________________________.
Task 4. Match the words with their definitions:
| 11. Book cover
| k) The part of the book that faces outward when you shelve it
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| 12. Dedication
| l) Main part of a book
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| 13. Chapters
| m) A decorative cloth band, sometimes coloured or multi-coloured, appearing inside the back strip at the top (and sometimes bottom) of the spine of a book.
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| 14. Introduction
| n) The outer covering of the book
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| 15. Fore edge
| o) This book part includes any data that might help clarify the text for the reader but would have disrupted the flow of the main text had it been included in an earlier part of the book.
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| 16. Body of a book
| p) This book part contains the copyright notice, which consists of the year of publication and the name of the copyright owner.
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| 17. Place of publication
| q) Main divisions of a book, usually numbered, and often with their own headings
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| 18. Spine
| r) A small groove where the books boards are attached to the book and bends when the book is opened.
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| 19. Appendix
| s) The place where the author dedicates the book to someone.
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| 20. Copyright Page
| t) The first & last leaves found in a hardbound book.
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| 21. Table of Contents
| u) This book part describes something about the main text that your reader should know before proceeding to read the book. Unlike a preface, which usually addresses the qualifications of the author, it refers to the main body of the work itself.
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| 22. Tail
| v) The trimmed edge that is opposite of the spine and can sometimes is painted or gilded on higher end books.
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| 23. Endpapers
| w) List of chapters with their page numbers.
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| 24. Joint
| x) City in which the publisher is located
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| 25. Headband
| y) The bottom part of the book.
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