UNIT 2: Nonfiction - NOLTE

In a narrative essay, what must be TRUE?

• Characters are imaginary.
• It must have believable characters.
• It must relate real events in logical order.
• Must explain events without adding opinions.

A story has cows, pigs, chickens, a big barn, and tractors.  The best description for the SETTING would be...

• a city
• a farm
• the country
• woods

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

An IMPLIED main idea is....

• what the author writes in the story, word for word
• the reader has to infer what the author is trying to tell us

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

If a passage is written in FIRST PERSON....

• the narrator tells readers directly how they feel
• the reader has to guess how the narrator feels

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Which answer best explains a BIOGRAPHICAL essay?

• It tells about important events in the subject's life.
• The author tells about their own life.
• It is one person telling the events in the life of another person.

Which organization pattern is this:  
"First, she ran to the store.  Next, she visited with her neighbor.  Finally, she got to go home."

• cause-and-effect
• chronological
• compare-and-contrast

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which organization pattern shows how two things are alike and different:

• cause-and-effect
• compare-and-contrast
• chronological

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which organization pattern shows how "this happened because THIS happened"?  

• chronological
• compare-and-contrast
• cause-and-effect

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following would be considered a FACT? (remember...a fact can be proven somehow)

• Politicians are horrible awful people.
• The problem is the awesome popularity of cell phones. 
• The result is the jail sentence he received for his crime. 
• Driver distraction contributes to nearly 80% of accidents.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Which words could have the same DENOTATION (**dictionary definition) as the word RISK?

• probability
• danger
• chance
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4