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Informational Text Test Review

Total questions: 48

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is an example of informational text?

a)

short story

b)

textbook

c)

novel

d)

encyclopedia

2.

Which of these is an example of informational text?

a)

fairy tale

b)

newspaper article

c)

fantasy book

d)

article about cells

3.

What is the primary purpose of informational text?

a)

to entertain

b)

to persuade

c)

to inform

d)

to challenge

4.

What kind of information does a textbook contain?

a)

instructions on how to set up and use products

b)

factual writing that reports on world, national, and local events

c)

in-depth coverage of interesting people, topics, or trends

d)

academic or educational information

e)

interactive texts that cover just about any topic imaginable

5.

What kind of information can be found on websites?

a)

instructions on how to set up and use products

b)

factual writing that reports on world, national, and local events

c)

in-depth coverage of interesting people, topics, or trends

d)

academic or educational information

e)

interactive texts that cover just about any topic imaginable

6.

What kind of information can be found in news articles?

a)

instructions on how to set up and use products

b)

factual writing that reports on world, national, and local events

c)

in-depth coverage of interesting people, topics, or trends

d)

academic or educational information

e)

interactive texts that cover just about any topic imaginable

7.

What kind of information can be found in an instructional manual??

a)

instructions on how to set up and use products

b)

factual writing that reports on world, national, and local events

c)

in-depth coverage of interesting people, topics, or trends

d)

academic or educational information

e)

interactive texts that cover just about any topic imaginable

8.

What kind of information can be found in feature articles?

a)

instructions on how to set up and use products

b)

factual writing that reports on world, national, and local events

c)

in-depth coverage of interesting people, topics, or trends

d)

academic or educational information

e)

interactive texts that cover just about any topic imaginable

9.

Which of these describe fiction?  Mark all that apply.

a)

informational texts

b)

characters created by the author

c)

made up events

d)

made up stories

10.

Which of these describe nonfiction?  Mark all that apply.

a)

informational texts

b)

characters created by the author

c)

made up events

d)

made up stories

11.

Which of these describe fiction?  Mark all that apply.

a)

one purpose is to entertain

b)

one purpose is to inform

c)

mainly provides factual information

d)

real places, places, things, and events

12.

Which of these describe nonfiction?  Mark all that apply.

a)

one purpose is to entertain

b)

one purpose is to inform

c)

mainly provides factual information

d)

real places, places, things, and events

13.

Is this fiction or nonfiction? "The gravitational force, or gravity, is the noncontact attractive interaction between two objects having mass."

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

14.

What is the most likely source of this sentence?  "The gravitational force, or gravity, is the noncontact attractive interaction between two objects having mass."

a)

autobiography

b)

short story

c)

textbook

d)

feature article

e)

instruction manual

15.

Is this fiction or nonfiction? "Turn off the power. Make sure the power to the garbage disposal is turned off while you're installing it. Cover the panel box to make sure no one can turn it back on until the job is complete."

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

16.

What is the most likely source of this passage? "Turn off the power. Make sure the power to the garbage disposal is turned off while you're installing it. Cover the panel box to make sure no one can turn it back on until the job is complete."

a)

autobiography

b)

short story

c)

feature article

d)

instruction manual

e)

textbook

17.

Is this fiction or nonfiction? "Coyote called to the crows. 'Let me join you,' he said."

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

18.

What is the most likely source of this passage? "Coyote called to the crows. 'Let me join you,' he said."

a)

autobiography

b)

short story

c)

feature article

d)

instruction manual

e)

textbook

19.

Is this fiction or nonfiction? "Daryl Wells was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, where she later worked with children creating outdoor murals."

a)

fiction

b)

nonfiction

20.

What is the most likely source of this passage? "Daryl Wells was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1969, where she later worked with children creating outdoor murals."

a)

biography

b)

short story

c)

instruction manual

d)

textbook

21.

Where is a title found?

a)

on the front cover and spine of a book or at the top of a page of an article

b)

at the beginning of the book

c)

at the end of a book

22.

Where is a table of contents found?

a)

on the front cover and spine of a book or at the top of a page of an article

b)

at the beginning of the book

c)

at the end of a book

23.

Where is an index found?

a)

on the front cover and spine of a book or at the top of a page of an article

b)

at the beginning of the book

c)

at the end of a book

24.

What text feature is shown here?

a)

table of contents

b)

headline

c)

index

25.

What text feature is shown here?

a)

table of contents

b)

headline

c)

index

26.

What text feature is shown here?

a)

table of contents

b)

headline

c)

index

27.

Which of these would appear first in a text?

a)

heading

b)

subheading

c)

title

28.

Which of these would appear second in a text?

a)

heading

b)

subheading

c)

title

29.

Which of these would appear third in a text?

a)

heading

b)

subheading

c)

title

30.

What text feature does this illustrate?

a)

icon

b)

hyperlink

c)

navigation bar

31.

What text feature does this illustrate?

a)

icon

b)

hyperlink

c)

navigation bar

32.

What text feature does this illustrate?

a)

icon

b)

hyperlink

c)

navigation bar

33.

Match this text feature with the correct description.

a)

highlights the main sections of information found on the site

b)

hyperlinked images or symbols used in electronic texts

c)

a word or phrase which allows readers to select it and jump to a new section of information

34.

Match this text feature with the correct description.

a)

a word or phrase which allows readers to select it and jump to a new section of information

b)

hyperlinked images or symbols used in electronic texts

c)

highlights the main sections of information found on the site

35.

Match this text feature with the correct description.

a)

hyperlinked images or symbols used in electronic texts

b)

a word or phrase which allows readers to select it and jump to a new section of information

c)

highlights the main sections of information found on the site

36.

Which words make up the title?

a)

What Causes Free Fall?

b)

Mass and Weight

c)

Universal Gravitation

37.

Which words make up the heading?

a)

What Causes Free Fall?

b)

Mass and Weight

c)

Universal Gravitation

38.

Which words make up the subheading?

a)

What Causes Free Fall?

b)

Mass and Weight

c)

Universal Gravitation

39.

What is this?

a)

table

b)

photograph

c)

diagram

d)

chart

e)

graph

40.

What is this?

a)

table

b)

photograph

c)

diagram

d)

chart

e)

graph

41.

What is this?

a)

table

b)

photograph

c)

diagram

d)

chart

e)

graph

42.

What is this?

a)

table

b)

photograph

c)

diagram

d)

chart

e)

graph

43.

What is this?

a)

table

b)

photograph

c)

diagram

d)

chart

e)

graph

44.

What do you call the yellow rectangles on this diagram?

a)

label

b)

caption

c)

bulleted list

d)

numbered list

e)

title

45.

What do you call the words in the purple rectangle on this diagram?

a)

label

b)

caption

c)

bulleted list

d)

numbered list

e)

title

46.

What do you call the words written under this photo?

a)

label

b)

caption

c)

bulleted list

d)

numbered list

e)

title

47.

Of what is this an example?

a)

label

b)

caption

c)

bulleted list

d)

numbered list

e)

title

48.

Of what is this an example?

a)

label

b)

caption

c)

bulleted list

d)

numbered list

e)

title