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Literary Terms 8 th grade 10/24

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person or group for whom the authors write

a)

Autobiography

b)

Audience

c)

Informative Essay

d)

Memoir

2.

The story of a person's life written by that person

a)

Essay

b)

Purpose

c)

Autobiography

d)

Voice

3.

The story of a person's life told by another person

a)

Biography

b)

Chart

c)

Non fiction

d)

Personal essay

4.

A short nonfiction work that makes a point about a single subject

a)

Argumentative essay

b)

Essay

c)

Personal essay

d)

Informative essay

5.

A type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person's life

a)

Point of View

b)

Thesis

c)

Tone

d)

Memoir

6.

A brief nonfiction writing piece that is written to inform the reader

a)

Informative Essay

b)

Diagram

c)

Flow Chart

d)

Voice

7.

Explores real people's ideas, lives, events, and places

a)

Non fiction

b)

Map

c)

Visual Media

d)

Pie Chart

8.

A short nonfiction work on a single topic related to the life of the writer

a)

Argumentative Essay

b)

Purpose

c)

Tone

d)

Personal Essay

9.

The writer's goal is to persuade the reader to accept a point of view

a)

Audience

b)

Biography

c)

Argumentative Essay

d)

Essay

10.

The vantage point from which the story is told

a)

Point of View

b)

Chart

c)

Purpose

d)

Diagram

11.

A writer's aim or goal

a)

Illustration

b)

Voice

c)

Purpose

d)

Thesis

12.

A main idea that is supported in a work of nonfiction

a)

Pie Chart

b)

Thesis

c)

Essay

d)

Argumentative Essay

13.

The emotional attitude toward the reader or toward the subject implied by a literary work

a)

Audience

b)

Autobiography

c)

Memoir

d)

Tone

14.

The way a writer uses language to reflect his or hers personality toward topic, form, and audience

a)

News Article

b)

Voice

c)

Flow Chart

d)

Timeline

15.

A visual representation of a story's plot and structure

a)

Chart

b)

Flow Chart

c)

Diagram

d)

How-to Article

16.

A visual representation, such as a drawing or image, that helps readers understand the author's description of a text

a)

Voice

b)

Audience

c)

Diagram

d)

Illustration

17.

A diagram that can be used to demonstrate character development in a literature

a)

Chart

b)

Pie Chart

c)

Web Page

d)

Flow Chart

18.

The express purpose of explaining how to do something that a reader needs to accomplish

a)

Illustration

b)

Pie Chart

c)

How-to Article

d)

Diagram

19.

A rhetorical style that uses examples, images, or other clarifying information to demonstrate a point, idea, or concept

a)

Audience

b)

Biography

c)

Nonfiction

d)

Illustration

20.

A form of nonfiction that aims to convey or explain information

a)

Informational Text

b)

Photograph

c)

Map

d)

Visual media

21.

A visual representation of information that connects works of literature, authors, and geographical locations

a)

Map

b)

Chart

c)

Web Page

d)

Science Article

22.

An article that reports news or other important events

a)

Thesis

b)

News Article

c)

Memoir

d)

Informational Text

23.

An image in the form of a print or slide recorded by a camera on photosensitive material

a)

Web Page

b)

News Article

c)

Chart

d)

Photograph

24.

A graphical representation of data that uses a circle to show how a whole is divided into parts

a)

Flow Chart

b)

Chart

c)

Pie Chart

d)

Diagram

25.

A written piece that presents original research findings, data analysis, and conclusions based on evidence

a)

Science Article

b)

Visual Media

c)

Audience

d)

Nonfiction

26.

A visual representation of events in chronological order

a)

Timeline

b)

Nonfiction

c)

Chart

d)

Audience

27.

Any form of communication or expression that relies on visual elements

a)

Tone

b)

Voice

c)

Flow chart

d)

Visual Media

28.

A hypertext document on the World Wide Web

a)

Purpose

b)

Visual Media

c)

Web Page

d)

Illustration