UNIT 4 BENCHMARK REVIEW

This type of text gives facts and other information about a topic.

• historical nonfiction

• informational nonfiction

• historical fiction

• informationive fiction

Text structure identifies how a ______ text is organized.

• nonfiction

• fiction

Compare means ________ and contrast means _________.

• organized---disorganized

• differences---similarities

• similarities---differences

• fiction---nonfiction

The main idea of a nonfiction text refers to

• the worldly message

• the author's reason for writing the text

• the central idea that is conveyed about the topic

A fact is ________ and ________.

• logical and full of expression

• logical and undisputed

• arguable and irrational

• based on beliefs and driven by emotion

An opinion is _________ and __________.

• logical and undisputed

• irrational and arguable

• built on beliefs and driven by emotion

• built on facts and always logical

An extreme exaggeration is a(n)

• alliteration

• hyperbole

• simile

• metaphor

Giving human characteristics to non-living items is called

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

• idiom

• personfication

A comparison of two unlike things that uses the words, "like" or "as" is called a(n)

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom

A comparison of two unlike things that does not use the words, "like" or "as" is called a(n)

• simile

• metaphor

• hyperbole

• idiom