Non-Fiction
Test Over(RE)view
The
test will have 5 Parts and a total of 50 questions. Below tells you what each
section covers, how it will be tested, and what you can study.
Part One: Identifying Text
Features – You
will look at a page from a magazine and identify text features. The questions will be matching. You did this
on the Text Features Quiz. Please study the Text Features list and the quiz.
Part Two: Identifying Text Structure – You will read 5 short passages and
determine the text structure (compare and contrast, problem and solution,
chronological/time order, sequence/procedural, cause and effect,
spatial/description). This is just
like the practices we have done. Use
them to study! You also have notes in your VIPs.
Part Three: Non-Fiction, Research, and Documentation – You will answer multiple choice
questions about non-fiction and documentation.
The questions on this sheet are to review for this section.
Part Four: Bringing it All
Together! –
You will read a paired passage and answer questions – multiple choice, fill in
the blank, short answer. Questions will
cover: analysis (author’s purpose), literary elements and devices (simile,
metaphor, etc.), non-fiction text features (captions, titles, etc.) and
structures (see Part Two). You can study
the Literary Lexicon and the Text Features Quiz (it will look a lot like this
quiz).
Part Five: Bio Book Boogie – Okay, you won’t actually have
to dance…classifying book excerpts by type. Study your Bio Book notes.
Review
for Part Three
1. A _________________________________ must be inside quotation marks. It must also be a word for word, exact copy
of the original.
2. Which type of
notes will always be shorter than the original, written in your own words and
only contain the MAIN IDEA? _______________________________
3. Which type of
notes will be about the same length as the original, contain all the same
details as the original, but be in your OWN words? __________________________
4. Which of the following need to be cited (give
the original source) when used in a paper?
Circle all that apply: direct quote paraphrase summary
5. What are the two most common terms for the
BIG IDEA in a NON-FICTION text?
_____________________________________ and _______________________________
6. Where does the
thesis go in a research essay or presentation? ________________________
7. A thesis statement
is usually one sentence, but can be longer.
It is always a __________________________ sentence not interrogative. It the ANSWER to your research question(s).
8. When you cite a
source in your paper, which of these is the correct format?
a. “quote.” (Barker 12). b. “quote,” (Barker 12). c. “quote” (Barker 12). D. “quote(Barker 12).”
9. What are the two
Proper Nouns you might find inside the parenthetical citation?
__________________ or __________________________
10. Will you always
have a page number when you cite a source?_______________________
11. May you use the
URL or web address in your parenthetical citation. ________________
12. file is to filing cabinet as _____________ is to database
13. Which of the
following is a SOURCE, not a datebase?
Gale, Opposing ViewPoints, Time Magazine
14. Which of the
following is a good claim/thesis/controlling
idea?
a. Should rock
breakers earn higher wages?
b. Rock breakers
break rocks.
c. Rock breakers earn
wages.
d. Rock breakers
should earn higher wages.
15. Which quote
supports the claim from the question above?
a. Rock breakers regularly
take long lunch breaks.
b. Rock breaking goes
back centuries.
c. It’s hard to find
a good rock breaker because of the dangers of the job.
d. Rock breaking was
once a popular job.
16. Which of the
following is the best way to imbed this quote?
a. According to Fred
Flintstone, “Rocks are hard to break.”
b. According to the
quarry worker, Fred Flintstone, “Rocks are hard to break.”
c. According to this
guy that works at a quarry, “Rocks are hard to break.”
d. “Rocks are hard to
break.”
Review
for Part Five
Biography
- written from the
______ -person point of view
- based on information from _____________________, including books
about the subject, the subject’s journals and letters, historical
documents and interviews
- sometimes or always (circle one) includes details provided by the subject
Autobiography
- told from the
______ -person point of view
- shares the writer’s personal ________________ and
_________________ about his or her experiences
- based primarily on the subject’s own memories,
but may include details provided by others
Memoir
- is a type of
_______________________ told from the 1st person
point-of-view
- includes information about important people or
events in addition to memories of their own lives – the setting (time and
place) is key
- may be long or short
- often included the ______________________________
of the subject – information about the society and culture of the time
Personal
Narrative
- is a type of
_______________________ told from the 1st person
point-of-view
- it is
__________________ and usually deals with only one topic or event
(focused)
- includes a “so what” or reflection on why this
moment was important in their life
9. Why Germs are Bad is a book written
about the life of Scaredy Squirrel. In this book the author provides: details
about his childhood and adult life, pictures from the family photo album, and
thoughts and feelings about his overwhelming fear of germs. What type
of bio book or essay is Why Germs are Bad?
A.
BIOGRAPHY C.
MEMOIR
B.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY D.
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
10. My Students are the Best by Niki Connor tells about a special day
when her students made 100 folded hearts for her after her grandfather
died. In this short essay, she shares
how special and loved it made her feel at the time and why it still matters to
her as a teacher today. What type of
bio book or essay is My Students are the
Best?
A.
BIOGRAPHY C.
MEMOIR
B.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY D.
PERSONAL NARRATIVE
14. All of the following
statements are true about “Matthew Henson: On the Top of the World”. Which one
does NOT help you figure out it is a biography?
- It is told from the 3rd
Person Point of View. C.
Matthew Henson is not the author.
- It includes information from
multiple sources. D. Matthew
Henson is an explorer.
15. When Jim Haskins wrote
“Matthew Henson: On the Top of the World” he spent a lot of time comparing
Matthew Henson to Admiral Perry. What was his purpose in making those comparisons?
A. to show
how different the two men were
B. to show
how similar they were
C. to show
how important Matthew Henson was to the success of the race to the North Pole
