Nonfiction/Research Writing Review Quizziz

When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what?

• plagiarizing
• writing
• cheating
• paraphrasing

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing

• the entire text told in your own words

• only the main ideas and important details of a text

When writing a summary, it is okay to include any opinions or background knowledge you have on the topic.

• True

• False

When summarizing a story you must include...

• Everything that happened
• The most significant information
• An Inference
• My background knowledge

Bold and Italicized words are important because

• They show us what words are important to the text

• They create visual appeal within an article or story

• They are the topics found in the table of contents

• They tell us what the photographs and illustrations are about

An author would use this diagram to

• Compare and contrast adult brain with a child's brain

• Identify the parts and areas within a human brain

• Explain how the Occipital lobe is the biggest part of the brain

• Show the reader where the brain is located within the human body

The _____ divides a text into sections and explains what each section will be about.

• Title

• Heading

• Subheading

• Photograph

True or False: Charts, graphs, and tables are used to organize data to make it more difficult to read.

• False

• True

What is the purpose of a sidebar?

• To explain a photograph.

• To tell you the name of the text.

• To give the reader more information that is not in the text?

• To name parts of a picture.

Green turtles live in the ocean. People used to hunt them to make turtle soup, as well as for their meat. They also were hunted because people wanted to use their skin for leather. As a result, the green turtle population is much lower than it used to be.

What is the text structure?

• Descriptitve

• Sequence

• Compare & Contrast

• Cause & Effect

• Problem & Solution