Structure and Relationship in Literary Nonfiction

When the author provides information about the similarities and differences between two or more people, events, ideas, objects. This is called:

• Alliteration

• Compare and contrast

• Imagery

• Plot

A short article placed alongside a longer article and containing additional information or contrasting information. This is called a:

• Main idea

• Caption

• Antagonist

• Sidebar

Type of text structure where the author gives a description to give the reader a mental picture:

• Description

• Sequence

• Problem and Solution

• Cause and Effect

When an author uses a sequence of events to tell a story, this is called:

• A) Chronological order

• B) Cause and effect

• C) Problem and solution

• D) Compare and contrast

What is the term for the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work?

• A) Theme

• B) Plot

• C) Setting

• D) Character

Which of the following refers to the time and place in which a story occurs?

• A) Theme

• B) Setting

• C) Plot

• D) Conflict

When an author gives human characteristics to non-human things, this is called:

• A) Metaphor

• B) Simile

• C) Personification

• D) Hyperbole

What is the term for a struggle between opposing forces in a story?

• A) Conflict

• B) Resolution

• C) Climax

• D) Exposition

Which type of text structure involves presenting a problem and then offering a solution?

• A) Cause and effect

• B) Problem and solution

• C) Sequence

• D) Description

What is the term for the perspective from which a story is told?

• A) Point of view

• B) Tone

• C) Mood

• D) Style