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Nonfiction Terms

Quiz by Jenny Young

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  • Q1
    a short story about an interesting time or event
    anecdote
    biography
    memoir
    autobiography
    30s
  • Q2
    the story of someone's life, written by that person
    memoir
    autobiography
    biography
    anecdote
    30s
  • Q3
    the story of someone's life written by someone else
    anecdote
    biography
    memoir
    autobiography
    30s
  • Q4
    a specific type of autobiography that only covers a part of someone's life
    biography
    memoir
    anecdote
    autobiography
    30s
  • Q5
    author's reason for creating a writing: to teach, entertain, persuade, give info
    author's wish
    author's purpose
    author's choice
    author's attitude
    30s
  • Q6
    the way the author feels toward the subject
    author's fear
    author's purpose
    author's choice
    author's attitude
    30s
  • Q7
    a statement that reflects a person's beliefs or thoughts
    fact
    opinion
    denotation
    connotation
    30s
  • Q8
    the idea or feeling that goes with a word, not the meaning of the word
    opinion
    connotation
    denotation
    fact
    30s
  • Q9
    the dictionary definition of a word, what it means
    opinion
    connotation
    denotation
    fact
    30s
  • Q10
    a statement that can be proven true or false
    denotation
    opinion
    fact
    connotation
    30s
  • Q11
    language that means exactly what it says
    fact
    figurative language
    opinion
    literal language
    30s
  • Q12
    language that is not really true, used to create original descriptions
    opinion
    figurative language
    fact
    literal language
    30s
  • Q13
    a statement of what my happen next in a writing
    theme
    prediction
    point of view
    objective
    30s
  • Q14
    what a piece of writing is mostly about
    objective
    subjective
    main idea
    point of view
    30s
  • Q15
    writing that tells about real people, places, things, and events
    fiction
    poetry
    nonfiction
    drama
    30s

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