Nonfiction Vocab Quiz

Chronological order is:

Poor hygiene was not a concern for the Japanese people in Internment Camps

What the author expects to happen when people read his/her text; the point of the text

Which of the following is not an example of nonfiction

Specific information given by the author

Secondary sources are unreliable

Historical fiction is a category of nonfiction

Autobiography and biography are both examples of literary nonfiction

The measure of being able to prove something is real, of honest origin, and can be proven with evidence

Dictionary definition of word or phrase

Author's personal connection to their text

The way a text is organized

The year Pearl Harbor was bombed

Explicit information is information specifically given in a text

How old was Jeanne when she was interned?

Only Japanese family dynamics changed after Pearl Harbor

A short autobiography reflecting on a single snapshot or memory of the author's life

How does the Japanese culture enjoy their rice?

Connotative thinking means looking for a cultural or implied meaning to a word or phrase

Information not specifically given by the author

Which of the following is a primary source

Biography and autobiography are both primary sources

Which of the following is not an element of nonfiction

A textbook's formal outline is:

Authors of nonfiction cannot use similes, metaphors, or any other literary device

An educated guess based on implied information

Evidence is proof that backs up a claim or reason

What inspires an author to write a text

Asian-American people were granted the right to full citizenship in 1962

Rhetoric is the way an author persuades his or her reader