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I. FIGURES OF SPEECH III. CARD CATALOGS

 Word or group of words used to give 2 Kinds of Card Catalogs
particular emphasis to an idea or sentiment 1. Manual Catalog: a cabinet of drawers with
 Help explain abstract ideas by creating cards labeled and arranged in alphabetical
comparisons or other relationships order
between abstraction and concrete 2. On-Line/Electronic Catalog: a “window”
realities or folder found in the automated circulation
program
Different Figures of Speech
Note: Both kinds provide the same pieces of
1. Simile: directly stated comparison
information
between two unlike person or thing
Expressions used: Purpose of Card Catalog (S-L-F-C)
✔ like
 Select an appropriate book
✔as  Locate the book you are seeking
2. Metaphor: implied comparison between 2  Find out pertinent information about a book
unlike things, that are alike in the way they  Cross-reference a research topic or subject
are identified
 It DOES NOT use the terms “like” and Types of Card Catalog Cards
“as” A. Three MAIN Types (A-T-S)
3. Personification: leads to human qualities 1. Author Card: contains name of the
of things that are not human (animals, author in the first line
plants, inanimate objects, abstractions) 2. Title Card: contains the title on the first
4. Apostrophe: addresses personified objects line
as real person, the absent as if they were 3. Subject Card: contains the subject on
present, and the dead as if they were real the first line, which is written in ALL
 Like talking to something that cannot CAPITAL LETTERS
really talk B. Three MINOR Types (I-M-S)
5. Hyperbole: an exaggeration to emphasize 1. Illustrator Card
a statement 2. Main Character Card
6. Irony: used to signify the opposite of what 3. Series Card
is said
Notes:
Example: Water everywhere, but not
a drop to drink!  All cards are based on the author card
 The top line is added above the author
II. USING THE GLOSSARY AND INDEX card to make it one of the other types
Index: gives the page number where a  The contents of the first line tell you
particular term or piece of information can be which type of card you are reading
found in a book.
What are on the author card?
Glossary: is a list of difficult words with its
corresponding meaning. It is often called as a - Author’s name (last name first)

“mini dictionary” - Title/Author’s name (first name first)

- Illustrator’s name

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- Publishing information (Where  Groups subjects

published, publisher, year of  Keeps similar books together
publication)  Lets you browse the shelves
- Physical Description of the book (# of
Dewey Groupings
pages; type of illustration; size in cm;
paperback) 000’s Generalities/General Works
- Main character - About many different
- Plot of the story subjects (encyclopedia, trivia
- Subject/Cross-reference area: tells book, etc.) or unexplained
what other cards can be found for the subjects
book, what subjects it deals with, or 100’s Philosophy
other related topics to look at - How we think and feel
- Miscellaneous information 200’s Religion
- Call Number: located at the upper- - About different religions or
left corner of the card. It indicates the biblical stories
address of the book, and tells 300’s Social Sciences
whether the book is fiction, on-fiction - How people live together
or a biography. The call number may (relationship of people with
be any of the following: each other)
o F: Fiction - Fairy and folktales to teach a
o E: Easy Fiction lesson are also placed here
o J: Juvenile Fiction 400’s Languages
o B: Biography - Languages and grammar
o Numbers: Dewey Decimal 500’s Science and Math (Natural
(for non-fiction only) Sciences)
- ISBN Number: identifies the - Things from nature
publisher, a particular book, the 600’s Using Science and Technology
language it is printed in, and if it is a (Applied Science)
hardback or paperback. - about man-made things
700’s Arts and Recreation
IV. DEWEY DECIMAL SYSTEM - things we do for fun
 Non-fiction call numbers are placed in 800’s Literature
number order (NOT ALPHABETICAL) - Originally for fiction.
 Books with the same subject end up being - Now, arranges in alphabetical
placed near each other order
 Call numbers in non-fictional books are 900’s Geography and History
grouped by: - About past events and
- Numbers (for the subject); and countries of the world
- First three letters of the author’s
last name
Note: Group 92 is for biographies, which tell
Melvil Dewey: invented the system about famous people’s lives

Purpose of Dewey Decimal System (K-S-B)