Literary Nonfiction Review

The purpose of literary nonfiction is to ______________ and inspire.

• persuade
• explain
• describe
• inform

What is a memoir?

• A story about a person's entire life.
• A made up story
• A story about a chunk of time, multiple events in a person's life.
• One event in a person's life.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.10

What is a biography?

• A story about a real person's life written by that person.
• A story about a real person's life written by another person.
• A story about a made up person.
• A story about one event in a person's life.

A personal narrative must be written in ________________ order.

• a random
• any
• backwards
• chronological

What is an autobiography?

• A story about a real person's life written by another person.
• A made up story
• A story about a real person's life written by that person.
• A story about one event in a person's life.

Looking for America is a __________________.

• personal narrative
• memoir
• biography
• poem

What can you infer about the McNeeley family?

• They did not like photography.
• They wanted to visit California.
• They were wealthy.
• They wanted to have a rumpus room.

What is a synonym for architect?

• designer
• author
• teacher
• doctor

What is a synonym for discomfort?

• happy
• easy
• pain
• love

What is a synonym for buffet?

• sorry
• beat
• cry
• laughing