Nonfiction Unit Review

Nonfiction Unit Review

Multiple Choice

What is the brief description under a photograph called?

• caption

• heading

• subheading

• title

Table of Contents

The table of contents lists the chapters that will be in the nonfiction text. It tells the page number each chapter will begin on.

Multiple Choice

Which nonfiction text feature tells definitions of words important to the text?

• index

• glossary

• table of contents

Multiple Choice

Use the picture to determine what page the chapter, "What Dogs Do" begins on.

• pg. 10

• pg. 8

• pg. 4

• pg. 2

Multiple Choice

This text structure shows how two or more things are alike and different.

• compare and contrast

• description

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

This text structure shows events in time order. You may see words such as first, next, then, or finally.

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• chronological/sequence

• description

Multiple Choice

This type of text structure tells about something. You may see words such as: characteristics are or for example. It also gives lots of details.

• chronological

• compare & contrast

• problem & solution

• description

Multiple Choice

This text structure shows why something happened and what happened. The reader will see words/phrases such as because, as a result of, and due to.

• cause and effect

• description

• problem & solution

• chronological/sequence

Multiple Choice

Every morning, I wake up at 7:00 AM. The first thing I do is make my bed and pick out the clothes I’m going to wear. Then, I brush my teeth and take a shower. After my shower, I dry my hair and get dressed. Finally, I grab some breakfast before leaving home.

What type of text structure is this?

• chronological/sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

• description

Multiple Choice

Students who are frequently absent often have lower grades than those who have good attendance. When they are out of the classroom, students do not get to see a teacher’s lessons. Even if they get extra help, it’s usually much shorter and less detailed than the actual lesson. In addition, frequently absent students often miss tests or other assignments and don’t always make up the work. This causes them to have lower grades at times.

What type of text structure is this?

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

• problem and solution

Multiple Choice

Bats are interesting creatures. These mammals are shy and gentle creatures. They are nocturnal and search for food at night. Most bats feed on insects. For example, one bat can eat hundreds of insects in an hour! Without bats, those insects would eat crops that farmers grow.

What type of text structure is this?

• compare and contrast

• description

• sequence

• cause and effect

Multiple Choice

Every year, thousands of car accidents occur because of drivers distracted by their phones. Safe Drive Corporation (SDC) developed a product that will disable cell phones inside a car, and many people feel this solution will help save lives.

What type of text structure is this?

• problem and solution

• compare and contrast

• cause and effect

• description

What does it mean to use context clues?

Multiple Choice

Which words help the reader know what arbitrator means:

The arbitrator, the neutral person chosen to settle the dispute, arrived at her decision.

• her decision

• neutral person chosen to settle dispute

• arrived at

• the arbitrator

Multiple Choice

What does the word immaculate mean?

Unlike Jamaal’s room, which was immaculate, Jeffrey’s room was very messy.

• small

• large

• sorry

• clean

Multiple Choice

A primary source is one made or written by a person who witnessed an event.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A secondary source is material that was written or created by someone who did not witness or experience an event firsthand.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Our social studies textbook is an example of secondary source.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon. The TV show is a

• primary source

• secondary source

Multiple Choice

A map drawn by Christopher Columbus is a

• primary source

• secondary source

Multiple Choice

My grandmother found a diary written by a daughter of a Civil War soldier dated from 1863-1865. She talked about what the war was like in New Orleans. Is that a primary document?

• yes

• no

Multiple Choice

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• primary source

• secondary source

Main Idea & Supporting Details

Multiple Choice

FIND THE MAIN IDEA:

Bats

Some kind of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitoes in an hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. Bats help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects. Bats are sooo interesting!

• Bats are mammals.

• Bats eat many insects.

• Bats eat 600 mosquitoes in one hour.

Multiple Select

Select the Details from the story that prove the main idea. (Check all that apply.)

Bats

Some kind of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitoes in an hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. Bats help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects. Bats are sooo interesting!

• Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitoes in an hour.

• Bats help us by eating insects.

• Bats are sooo interesting!