Nonfiction Unit Review

What is nonfiction?

• Something that is true

• Something that is not true

A book about baby animals is

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

• Description

• Cause and effect

• Problem and Solution

What distinguishes nonfiction from fiction is that non-fiction is always

• an example of expository writing

• based on current happenings

• based on some sort of fact/real events

• statistically verifiable

Dictionary and encyclopedia articles that define, explain, or inform use ___________ writing.

• descriptive

• narrative

• expository

• persuasive

When a writer selects information to convince you of something, he is writing:

• narration

• description

• persuasion

• exposition

The kind of writing found in reports where the author is not a presence and does NOT reveal his/her personal feelings is:

• personal writing

• narrative writing

• descriptive writing

• objective writing

Writing objectively requires

• extensive strategies

• psychological analysis

• a flattering account of the subject

• an unbiased account of the subject

All of the following can be purposes for nonfiction writing EXCEPT

• to stir an emotion

• to relate an imagined event

• to inform about events

• to persuade the reader

The style and tone of a personal essay is 

• slangy

• formal

• conversational

• exaggerated