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A memoir is a type of autobiography that focuses on one period of the author's life
False
True
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The main idea that is supported in a work of non-fiction
Memoir
Characterization
Thesis
Purpose
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Point of view is...
The vantage point from which the story is told
Looking through your eyes
Looking over a cliff
What you see
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A biography is...
A story about someone's life told by that person
A story about a person's life told by someone who isn't that person
A work of fiction
A geographical text about biome
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What is an informational text?
A type of non-fiction whose basic purpose is to inform
An essay that is meant to persuade
A work of science fiction
A article that is meant to entertain the reader
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A map is...
A drawing of an environment
A 3d model of Earth
A flat respresentation of a geographic area
A scientific story
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What is visual media?
A social platform
A type of online story
A video
Pictoral or other graphic forms of communication
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An autobiography is a story of a person's life written by that person
True
False
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What is tone?
The emotional attitude toward the reader
The emotion created in the reader
The words the author writes
They way someone speaks
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A diagram is...
A map
An illustration that serves to explain a concept or process
A flow chart
A character in a story
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An audience is...
The reader
A group of people
What the author is writing about
To whom the author is writing for
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A news article is...
An informational text about a particular topic, issue, or events
A story about news reporters
A story with characters that are news reporters
The main idea of an informative essay
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A web page is NOT...
A basic unit of the World Wide Web
A way to provide information
An app where you can text people
An organizational structure that includes what's offered on the internet
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What does a personal essay do?
A fictional writing about a chracter's life
Persuades the reader to accept a certain point of view
Explores a topic related to the life or interests of the writer
Explores a topic with a goal of informing the reader
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An image made by light acting on sensitive material
Chart
Photograph
Illustration
Model
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What is an essay?
Poetry that sounds good
A fiction story
A brief story passed down by word of mouth
A short nonfiction work that presents a single main idea
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What is a rhetorical question?
A question that has no answer
A question that authors often answer
An answer to a question in the form of a question
A question asked for the effect but isn't meant to be answered
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Voice is...
How loud someone talks
The tone in the author's writing
How the writing makes the reader feel
The way the writer uses language to relflect his or her personality
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What is parellelism?
When an author writes about parellelograms
The theory that there is a parellel universe
Rhetorical device in which the writer stresses the equal value of two ideas
When an author writes about two things that are parellel to each other
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What is an argumentative essay?
An essay that aims to persuade the reader
An essay that informs the reader about important arguments
An essay about an argument that the author has had before
An essay that teaches the reader how to argue
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A chart is a visual representation of data that is intended to clarify the information presented
True
False
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A scientific article is...
A biography about a scientist
A visual representation of data
A type off news article that offers imformation about a theory, observation
A science study guide
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Non-fiction is NOT...
Essays. autobiographies, biographies, and news articles
Writing that explores real peaples lives, place, things, events, and ideas
A made up story
A genre
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The writers aim or goal
Theme
Their opinion
Purpose
Money
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An imformative essay is NOT...
explores a topic with the goal of informing or enlightening the reader
Educates the reader
A type of essay
A form of non-fiction that aims to convey information
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An illustration is a basic unit of the world wide web
True
False
