How should a table of contents look?

Answer 1

A table of contents is a list of the various sections of a book, giving the page numbers on which those sections begin. Let us imagine that I am writing a book about pickles. The contents might look something like this:

Finding pickles 1

What do pickles taste like? 7

How to serve pickles 20

Different types of pickles 26

The history of pickles 45

Nutritional value of pickles 78

Famous sayings about pickles 92

What goes with a pickle 134