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Characteristics of Nonfiction
The two types or nonfiction are
The following statement is NOT true
Characteristics of Nonfiction
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The following statement is NOT true
Essays can take a huge amount of forms, including articles and editorials
Essays don't introduce an author's opinion or argument
Essays can be written as poetry
Essays can be book length
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The two types or nonfiction are
literary nonfiction and regular or general nonfiction
opinion based and based on facts type
literary and emotional nonfiction
historical fiction and general nonfiction
3
Biographies
are writings about
a reflection on a time period of a real person who lived long time ago
real people composed by someone other than the person story is about
stories based on true event but infused with the author's imagination
real stories told by the author about his/her own life
4
The literary nonfiction that is a written piece on a single topic is known as
diary
personal journal
memoir
essay
5
Emails cannot be considered a more advanced type of letter
False
True
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Essays
are works that are
based solely on the opinon of the author and therefore not considered true
delivered only on formal occasions
none is a correct answer
meant to introduce an author's opinion or argument
7
The main difference between diaries and journals is that
journals are written every day at the same time and diaries are not
diaries include personal thoughts and feelings
diaries are more based on facts
there is no difference, they are both the same with a different name
8
Some examples of literary nonfiction is/are
biographies
essays
all answers are correct
autobiographies and memoirs
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The following is NOT a characteristic of nonfiction
should be at least 2,000 words long
must involve real people, places, and events
must contain facts
it must be true
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Journalism
is a type of nonfiction that
provides some type of analysis with the information
red and yellow are correct
attempts to inform its readers and viewers on specific topics
attempts to make people change their opinions on politics and culture
11
Informative nonfiction is defined as
entertain readers with some entertainment in the mist of stressful lives
is meant to explain/inform about a situation or concept
only red and blue are correct
literature that is meant to explain or inform about a concept or situation
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The term "facts" is defined as
everything that is written and published in modern media
information that can be proven to be true
everything that is a product of the author's imagination
everything people post on the internet and social media
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The most important characteristic of nonfiction is that it is
allows the author to express his point of view and ideas
based on facts
that it allows readers to escape reality
created with the purpose of entertaining
14
Journalism can exist in a large amount of forms, including
red, yellow and blue are correct
magazines and videos
blogging, television and radio
newspapers and magazines
15
A
personal journal
is a form of nonfiction
that always include factual accounts
which is a daily written record of personal experiences and observations
blue and yellow are correct answers
that includes some elements of fantasy
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Author's purpose
is defined as
the reason the author writes
the impression the author wants to create on a reader
the personal opinion of an author
the point of view under which ab author writes
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Autobiographical nonfiction
is
usually in first person point of view
read, blue and yellow are correct
written from the author's perspective
is a written form in which the narrator is a character in the story
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The purpose of journalism is to
entertain the readers
none is a correct answer
help reader make educated decisions
provide knowledge
19
Literary nonfiction
reads like fiction
has character, plot and setting
red, yellow and blue are correct answers
all elements must be real
20
Memoirs focus more on personal memories and specific personal experiences than autobiographies do
True
False
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Because a diary can have a person's deepest secrets and desires, it is usually not meant to be shared with anyone
True
False
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Nonfiction is defined as
literature based on real people, real facts or real events
all anwers, red, blue and yellow are correct
everything that has ever been written
all newspapers and essays created
23
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar,
by William Shakespeare, belongs to the following genre
blue and yellow are correct
nonfiction
novels
fiction
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The purpose of nonfiction is to
red and green
express
inform
entertain and distract the reader
25
Nonfiction writing
depends on
the author attempt or intention to tell the truth
the author's claiming something is true knowing that it's not
the author's creativity and style
the author's ability to write interesting stories
26
A memoir is defined as
focuses or concentrates on specific events or phases in the person's life
a first-person account of his/her experiences
red and blue are correct
is based on events which happened during author's traumatic childhood
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Of the following, the one that is NOT autobiographical literary nonfiction
memoir
personal journal
essay
letter
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John F Kennedy Inaugural Address is consider to be a form of the following
a journal of his political career
a memoir
an essay
an autobiographical letter
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Literary nonfiction written on a daily basis as an account of
one's personal experiences and feelings
is/are known as
memoir
diary
essays and personal letters
journal and diary
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Most nonfiction is written to express or to inform.
False
True
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Elijah Easels'
Night,
a book he wrote about his traumatic experience in a concentration camp is considered a
biography
a letter
Nazi personal journal
memoir
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The two types of literature are
fiction and novels
novels and newspapers
fiction and nonfiction
essays, memoirs and nonfiction
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Autobiography and memoir difference; memoirs narrate all the life of the person but the autobiographies are shorter
False
True
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Essays may appear
collections of photographs that are meant to make a point
red, yellow and blue are correct answers
articles in a magazine or journal
as long editorials
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The type of essay which tries to convince the reader to believe or do something is called
argumentative
expository
persuasive
letter
36
Example or examples of
informative nonfiction
is/are
newspapers
red, blue and yellow are correct
magazine articles
interviews
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One type of literary nonfiction that
is not
autobiographical is the
essay
True
False
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A letter
often contains personal thoughts and opinions
is meant to be discarded after reading
is a written message addressed to a person or organization
red, blue and yellow are correct
39
Newspaper articles are never biased.
True
False
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Journalism can be defined as a form of literature that attempts to do all of the following EXCEPT
inform the reader on a specific topic
provide knowledge that directly impacts a reader's life
gives authors' biased opinion on a subject
provide analysis with the information
41
Fiction is defined as
all literature found in colleges and universities
literature based on true facts, people or things
literature based on the creativity and imagination of an author
all real and imaginary writing created throughout history
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Literary nonfiction contains
red, blue and green
Plot
Setting
Characters
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Literary nonfiction differs from fiction because
only fiction has story elements like character, setting & plot
it allows the reader to escape the ugly aspects of reality
fiction has real-life story components
the story elements are based on real-life, not imaginary
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While fiction stories tell the story of an unreal character, biographies tell the story of a real person
True
False
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Memoirs are extremely similar to journals and diaries in that memoirs do not relate the author's personal experiences.
False
True
