Nonfiction Test Review

Nonfiction is...

• made up stories
• true information
• stories shared by word of mouth
• poetry

What are the two categories of nonfiction?

• functional texts & poetry
• literary nonfiction & myths
• literary nonfiction & newspaper articles
• functional texts & literary nonfiction

Which of the following is NOT a purpose of nonfiction writing?

• inform
• describe
• entertain
• direct

Which text structure groups ideas based on their similarities and differences?

• chronological
• compare and contrast
• cause and effect
• problem and solution

Which text structure describes items as they appear in space-- for example, left to right?

• chronological
• compare and contrast
• spatial
• problem and solution

Which text structure presents events in the order in which they occurred?

• chronological
• compare and contrast
• spatial
• problem and solution

Which text structure explains how one event causes another?

• chronological
• compare and contrast
• spatial
• cause and effect

Which text structure explains how one event causes another?

• chronological
• compare and contrast
• spatial
• cause and effect

Which text structure examines a problem and proposes ways to solve it?

• problem and solution
• compare and contrast
• spatial
• cause and effect

What is it called when a work of literary nonfiction tells a story?

• fiction
• narrative fiction
• that doesn't happen...
• narrative nonfiction