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Non-Fiction Unit

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an auto-biography written to do?

a)

Inform

b)

Persuade

c)

Entertain

d)

All of the above

2.

Who is the author of an auto-biography?

a)

A person who wanted to write the story

b)

The persons parents

c)

A friend of the person in the story

d)

The person in the story.

3.

A biography is written to do what?

a)

persuade

b)

inform

c)

entertain

d)

all of the above

4.

Who is the author of a biography?

a)

the person in the story

b)

anyone who has done research and wants to write it

c)

someone other than the author

d)

both a + c

5.

What is an article?

a)

an article not talking about main events

b)

the newspaper

c)

a passage focusing on who, what, when, where and why.

d)

a story meant to be told to the public

6.

What is an article written to do?

a)

pursuade

b)

entertain

c)

inform

d)

both a + c

7.

What is an editorial?

a)

a passage that focuses on the authors opinion

b)

a passage that tells both sides of a story

c)

a passage that is one sided in thought

d)

both a + c

8.

What is the purpose of an editorial?

a)

entertainment

b)

persuasion

c)

entertainment

d)

all of the above

9.

What is an essay?

a)

a story based on opinion

b)

a story written based on personal experience or research

c)

a story that has a lot of emotion

d)

a story that is used in textbooks

10.

What is the purpose of an essay?

a)

to inform

b)

to entertain

c)

to persuade

d)

all of the above

11.

What is a memoir?

a)

a make believe story

b)

a memory of a persons life

c)

a foretelling of a story

d)

a specific event in history

12.

What is the purpose of a memoir?

a)

to persuade

b)

to entertain

c)

to inform

d)

all of the above

13.

What is a speech?

a)

a man talking

b)

a text that is written to be spoken

c)

a woman talking

d)

a story that is told

14.

What is a speech meant to do?

a)

entertain

b)

inform

c)

persuade

d)

all of the above

15.

Which of the following does a letter include?

a)

greeting

b)

body

c)

closing

d)

all of the above

16.

The MOST important part of a speech is:

a)

the authors mood

b)

the authors tone

c)

the authors expression

d)

all of the above

17.

What is the purpose of a letter:?

a)

inform

b)

persuade

c)

entertain

d)

all of the above