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Fiction AND Nonfiction Signposts

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are signposts in readings?

a)

Signposts are commonly use features in texts that stand out and hold important information about the main idea of a text.

b)

Signposts are big words.

c)

Signposts are pictures within a story that show you what's happening in the written part of the story.

d)

Signposts are scary moments in stories.

2.

True or False: Signposts are only found in nonfiction readings.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The following are NON-FICTION signposts EXCEPT:

a)

Numbers and Stats

b)

Contrast and Contradictions

c)

Memory Moment

d)

Word Gaps

4.

The following are FICTION signposts EXCEPT:

a)

AhHa Moment

b)

Quoted Words

c)

Contrast and Contradiction

d)

Tough Questions

5.

This nonfiction signpost is an important number or statistic:

a)

Math Moments

b)

Quoted Words

c)

Numbers and Stats

d)

AhHa Moment

6.

This nonfiction signpost is a word or phrase that exaggerates or pushes the limits of truth.

a)

Ahha Moments

b)

Quoted Words

c)

Absolute and Extreme Language

d)

Contrast and Contradictions

7.

This nonfiction signpost shows information that goes against what was previously thought as true OR shows a difference between two subjects or opinions.

a)

Numbers and Stats

b)

Contrast and Contradictions

c)

Opposites

d)

Memory Moment

8.

The following fiction signpost is a word, phrase, event, or symbol that shows up multiple times in the story.

a)

Again and Again

b)

Word Gaps

c)

Contrast and Contradictions

d)

Quoted Words

9.

This fiction signpost shows a difference in a character OR shows a character acting differently than what they normally would.

a)

Quoted Words

b)

Ahha Moment

c)

Contrast and Contradictions

d)

Memory Moment

10.

This fiction signpost is also known as a flashback and is when the story refers back to something that happened in the past.

a)

Ahha Moment

b)

Numbers and Stats

c)

Memory Moment

d)

Again and Again

11.

Select ALL NONFICTION signposts

a)

AhHa moment

b)

Quoted Words

c)

Numbers and Stats

d)

Again and Again

12.

Select ALL FICTION signposts

a)

Numbers and Statistics

b)

AhHa Moment

c)

Contrast and Contradictions

d)

Tough Questions

13.

This fiction signpost is advice given to a character from a more experienced or wiser mentor.

a)

Words of the Wiser

b)

Quoted Words

c)

Tough Questions

d)

Again and Again

14.

This nonfiction signpost is a word you may not know, but relates to the topic and needs to be known.

a)

Word Gaps

b)

Numbers and Stats

c)

AhHa Moment

d)

Tough Questions

15.

Which of the following signposts is a fiction AND a nonfiction signpost?

a)

Numbers and Stats

b)

Again and Again

c)

Contrast and Contradictions

d)

Tough Questions