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The lead of a pencil is made mostly of the nonmetal carbon but the rest of the pencil is neither metal nor nonmetal (except for the bit of metal near the eraser) because it is not an element.

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Yes, a pencil is a nonmetal. It is typically made of graphite, a form of carbon that is a nonmetal element.

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