Name: Grade: /21
Date: Class: MYP 5
Unit 1: Speak Your Truth
Forms of Non-Fiction and Style Quiz
1. Nonfiction means ___________.
A. Imaginary
B. False
C. True
D. Humorous
2. Which of the following topics would be covered in a biography____________________.
A. The individual's hobbies and career of an individual.
B. The childhood experiences, family, and career of an individual.
C. The individual’s private personal experiences.
D. People’s opinions of the individual.
3. Which of the following summaries could describe an autobiography?
A. A famous writer's life told by another author.
B. A famous basketball player's wife sharing memories of her late husband.
C. Michael Jackson's mother describing his childhood.
D. Helen Keller writing about her difficulties of being blind all her life
4. Nonfiction stories have two major types of functions. What are they?
A. Narrative and informative
B. Expository and Narrative
C. Narrative and Realistic
D. Expository and Persuasive
5. Which of the following kinds of selections do NOT tell a story?
A. Narrative
B. Descriptive
C. Persuasive
D. Fiction
6. What is the primary purpose of a persuasive piece?
A. To change an opinion
B. To give information
C. To entertain the reader
D. To give directions
7. The narrator of an autobiography is _______.
A. Another author
B. Unknown admirer
C. A relative
D. The author
8. The writer makes a story funny because they want to ___________ the readers.
A. Inform
B. Entertain
C. Persuade
D. Express
9. Which is an example of a simile?
A. His room was a hurricane of a mess.
B. His room looked as if a hurricane came through.
C. A hurricane! AHHH!
D. The hurricane screamed through the town.
10. What is a metaphor?
A. A comparison using "like" or "as"
B. A comparison without using "like" or "as"
C. A figure of speech in which the word imitates it's meaning.
D. An extreme exaggeration
11. Which of the following is an example of personification?
A. You are as a beautiful as a flower.
B. The trees danced in the wind.
C. I waited in line for 10 years!
D. He is an encyclopedia of knowledge
12. Determine if the sentence contains personification or hyperbole.
Julia felt like she had been walking for days.
A. personification
B. hyperbole
13. Mrs. Siberski whispered, "Shhhhh!" during the test. This is an example of...
A. alliteration
B. onomatopoeia
C. neither
14. Which of the following is not a characteristic of a memoir:
A. Tells a personal story
B. Focuses on world events
C. Focuses on a specific event or period in a person’s life.
D. The writer uses pronouns like I and we when writing.
15. Epistles is a writing directed or sent to a person or group of people, usually its purpose is
usually to _________.
A. Tell a funny story
B. Tell a personal story
C. Teach the readers about ethics and morals.
D. Persuade the readers to do something.
16. What does the word “Diction” mean _________________________.
17. Authors may use diction for which of the following purposes (select all that applies):
A. Accommodate the reader’s age
B. Accommodate the topic and context discussed
C. To show off fancy language
D. To communicate ideas and emotions effectively.
18) Which of these texts would most likely rely on cause and effect as a writing technique to
communicate the author’s purpose:
A. Short story
B. Poem
C. Persuasive Speech
D. A personal essay
19) What is the "mood" of a story?
A. Emotions the audience feels from a given passage.
B. The time and place of the story.
C. The summary of events of the story.
D. The lesson the reader learns from the story.
20) Does "mood" focus on the audience or the narrator?
A. Reader
B. Narrator
21) Which of the following does NOT create mood in a story?
A. Setting Description
B. Imagery
C. Imagination
D. Character Speech/Feeling
