Non-Fiction Test - Thursday, May 9

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 1^st 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 1^st 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?

1. It is told from the 3^rd Person Point of View.                C. Matthew Henson is not the author.
2. 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