Nonfiction Test Review

Non-fiction tells us about real characters and events or contains the personal views of a real person.

• True

• False

People most often read nonfiction to be informed about a subject.

• True

• False

Which of the following are potential ways for authors to organize a nonfiction work?

• Chronological order

• Spatial order

• Order of importance

• Alphabetical order

Which of the following help us understand an author's purpose for writing a nonfiction work?

• Humorous language

• Quotations

• Persuasive Language

• Facts

Author's never intend to persuade their audience with a nonfiction work.

• True

• False

Authors may intend to amuse or inform their audience in a nonfiction work.

• True

• False

Which of the following questions can be used to determine fact from opinion in a nonfiction work?

• Can this statement be proven to be true?

• Can this statement be supported by factual evidence?

• Is this statement included in the conclusion of the work?

• Is this statement someone's personal beliefs?

An author’s message in an essay is supported by the _______ and ________ they include.

• Facts, opinions

• Characters, setting

• Details, examples

• Bias, attitudes

Which of the following is the definition for "Nonfiction Genre"?

• Works that explicitly involve supernatural, magical, or scientifically impossible elements 

• Narrator is not in the story but knows and tells what each character feels and thinks by using the pronouns “he”, “she”, or “they”

• A genre consisting of stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting

• Prose (paragraph) writing that explains ideas or tells about real people, places, objects, or events

To infer means the reader uses information the writer tells to _____ ___________ about details that are not specifically stated by the author

• make comparisons

• draw conclusions

• gather information

• decide logically