Nonfiction Vocab Quiz 2

a short non-fiction work on a single topic related to the life of the writer

• argumentative essay

• personal essay

• fiction

• biography

a non-fiction text in which the writer's goal (author's purpose) is to persuade the reader to accept a point of view. The writer uses facts to express or back up their point of view.

• compare/contrast

• personal essay

• narrative

• argumentative essay

True or False: The author of an argumentative essay uses facts to express or back up their point of view.

• true

• false

a type of argumentative writing in which the author creates a detailed examination or review of a work (book report, movie review)

• autobiography

• author's purpose

• critique

• audience

the reason WHY an author writes something

• author's purpose

• theme

• mood

• tone

the listener, viewer, or reader of a text

• critique

• audience

• author

• voice

a writer's distinctive use of language that expresses their unique personality through their writing

• author's purpose

• thesis

• audience

• voice

presents an argument in order to persuade or convince a reader

• nonfiction

• fiction

• argumentative

• procedural text

the process by which an author produces a text

• the writing process

• sculptor

• revise

• critique

Which of these lists the 5 steps of the writing process?

• publish, prewrite, brainstorm, share, delete

• brainstorm, plan, publish

• prewrite, draft, revise, edit, publish

• rough draft, revise, edit, publish, share