19-20 7th Grade Nonfiction Unit Review

Question 1

What is one effect of no gravity?

Accepted Answer

Your nose gets stuffed up

Question 2

What is the different between similes and metaphors?

Accepted Answer

similes use "like" or "as" and metaphors don't

Question 3

What type of relationships might authors include in nonfiction writing?

Accepted Answer

cause and effect

Question 4

What is an author trying to do while writing a persuasive essay?

Accepted Answer

convince his/her audience to switch to his/her point of view

Question 5

What kind of essay is "I am a Native of North America"?

Accepted Answer

narrative

Question 6

Which of the following is a simile?

Accepted Answer

Billy was as tall as a skyscraper

Question 7

What is a short piece of nonfiction?

Accepted Answer

expository essay

Question 8

What was the house in which Chief Dan George lived as a child?

Accepted Answer

Smokehouse

Question 9

What did Russel Baker's mom want him to do as a career?

Accepted Answer

something in business

Question 10

What is a synonym for the word "gumption"?

Accepted Answer

initiative

Question 11

Which two things can provide clues to the author's purpose?

Accepted Answer

Text features and charts

Question 12

What kind of appeal does ethos use?

Accepted Answer

ethical

Question 13

What surprising thing does the author tell us in "Life Without Gravity"?

Accepted Answer

gravity does some harm to our bodies and is not all fun and games

Question 14

What is the author's tone?

Accepted Answer

his or her basic attitude towards the subject

Question 15

What does being in space weightless make you?

Accepted Answer

flimsy

Question 16

What does "Life Without Gravity" say our bodies are adapted to?

Accepted Answer

Earth's atmosphere

Question 17

What does Chief Dan George learn from growing up in a communal house?

Accepted Answer

all of these

Question 18

Which is NOT a bad part about going into outer space?

Accepted Answer

you can fly and bounce off walls

Question 19

What do Native Americans prize more?

Accepted Answer

nature's offerings

Question 20

What is the simile used to describe Chief Dan George's culture?

Accepted Answer

Like a wounded deer left to bleed and die.

Question 21

Which part of your body gets confused in space, leading to astronauts to become sick?

Accepted Answer

inner ear

Question 22

What is gravity?

Accepted Answer

A force that keeps people from floating away on Earth

Question 23

What is the author's point of view based on?

Accepted Answer

Their beliefs of the subject

Question 24

Pathos is which appeal?

Accepted Answer

emotional appeal

Question 25

What did Chief Dan George's dad really love?

Accepted Answer

the earth

Question 26

What does nonfiction relate to?

Accepted Answer

the larger world

Question 27

Russel from "No Gumption" wanted advice from which company?

Accepted Answer

Curtis Publishing Company

Question 28

What must Chief Dan George not do "for the fun of it"?

Accepted Answer

fish

Question 29

What does the structure of a piece of nonfiction provide?

Accepted Answer

clues to the author's purpose

Question 30

An example of a text feature is...

Accepted Answer

subheader

Question 31

What would happen if astronauts' bones become very weak?

Accepted Answer

They could break

Question 32

What does word choice NOT do?

Accepted Answer

shows the relationship between the topic and larger world

Question 33

When did "No Gumption" take place?

Accepted Answer

1932

Question 34

The main idea is the ____________ of a nonfiction text.

Accepted Answer

central point

Question 35

What does Chief Dan George think people today should do?

Accepted Answer

love one another more

Question 36

Is this a simile, metaphor, or analogy: You are a cheetah.

Accepted Answer

metaphor

Question 37

Which is a correct example of ethos?

Accepted Answer

9 out of 10 dentists who tried it recommend it

Question 38

In "No Gumption", why does Russel want to become a garbage man?

Accepted Answer

He could get things he likes

Question 39

What did the main character in "No Gumption" become motivated to do?

Accepted Answer

be an author

Question 40

Who was the Ancient Greek philosopher who divided persuasion techniques into three categories?

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 41

What do the astronauts have to do to keep their muscles in good shape in Life Without Gravity?

Accepted Answer

Work out often

Question 42

Where did the people in Chief Dan George's community live?

Accepted Answer

in communal houses

Question 43

What percent of bone do astronauts lose after several months in space?

Accepted Answer

10%

Question 44

How long is a smoke house?

Accepted Answer

80 feet

Question 45

When were the first manned space missions?

Accepted Answer

1960s

Question 46

What is one thing Chief Dan George doesn't understand about our culture?

Accepted Answer

the hatred and killing

Question 47

What is Russel's sister's name?

Accepted Answer

Doris

Question 48

In microgravity, what happens to your blood?

Accepted Answer

it gets rerouted

Question 49

According to "I am a Native of North America", why is privacy harmful?

Accepted Answer

It leads to distrust

Question 50

What does "I am a Native of North America" PRIMARILY teach us?

Accepted Answer

The importance of tradition

Question 51

How old was Russel when he started working?

Accepted Answer

8

Question 52

How is "I am a Native of North America" told?

Accepted Answer

1st person narration

Question 53

In No Gumption, who wanted to "make something" of Russel?

Accepted Answer

his mother

Question 54

What provides clues for the author's purpose?

Accepted Answer

the structure

Question 55

What is Russel's favorite book?

Accepted Answer

Dick Tracy Meets Stooge Viller

Question 56

Billy was a tree. Simile, Metaphor or Analogy?

Accepted Answer

metaphor

19-20 7th Grade Nonfiction Unit Review

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19-20 7th Grade Nonfiction Unit Review

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