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A review quiz to get you ready for the nonfiction test!
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What is a story that focuses on a particular event/period in a person’s life?
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
Essay
2
What are statements that are given to make something sound more appealing?
Spin
Bandwagon Appeal
Glittering Generality
Stereotype
3
What is a type of writing that is presented with the author's opinions and beliefs?
Objective
Subjective
4
What is the story of a person’s life told by that person?
Essay
Memoir
Autobiography
Biography
5
When a speaker tries to convince audience through clear and logical argument, it is called...
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
6
What is a short work that presents a single main idea about a topic?
Biography
Memoir
Autobiography
Essay
7
What is a statement that can be proven, is true or false, and the same for everyone?
Fact
Opinion
8
What is text used to convey information?
Essay
Informational Text
Glittering Generality
Speech
9
What is an argument type that plays to a person’s desire to be a part of the crowd?
Spin
Bandwagon Appeal
Glittering Generality
Circular Reasoning
10
What type of nonfiction informs the reader and provides them with information?
Persuasive
Descriptive
Narrative
Expository
11
What is an overgeneralization about a group of people based on lack of knowledge?
Glittering Generality
Spin
Stereotype
Circular Reasoning
12
This emphasizes the equal value of 2+ ideas by expressing them in similar grammatical form.
Anaphora
Rhetorical Question
Parallelism
Repetition
13
What nonfiction type has a goal of convincing the reader to take a particular side on an issue?
Expository
Persuasive
Entertaining
Descriptive
14
What type of reasoning starts with broad details and leads to specific conclusions?
Deductive
Inductive
15
This question is not meant to be answered but only used for effect.
Anaphora
Repetition
Rhetorical Question
Parallelism
16
This is the name of the document that repealed Japanese internment.
Executive Order 4417
Proclamation 9066
17
What is a statement that expresses a desire and can be different for different people?
Fact
Opinion
18
What is an article called that reports on events currently happening?
Obituary
News
Opinion
Review
19
How do you recognize an opinion through words such as "could, should, or might"?
Prediction Statements
Value Statements
Policy Statements
20
What is an article called that is written by critics?
Opinion
Review
Obituary
News
21
What is the intentional reuse of a word, sound, phrase, or sentence?
Parallelism
Repetition
Rhetorical Question
Anaphora
22
What are words that stir up strong feelings, either positive or negative?
Loaded Words
Glittering Generality
Straw Man
Spin
23
What is reasoning that starts with specific details and builds to a more general conclusion?
Deductive
Inductive
24
What is the argument type that tries to support an opinion by restating it in a different way?
Red Herring
Bandwagon Appeal
Spin
Circular Reasoning
25
This is who delivered the “Day in Infamy” speech.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
George W. Bush
Elie Wiesel
FDR
26
This work argued that this form of entertainment results in inefficient communication.
"Homeless"
"The Trouble with Television"
"EO 4417"
"Day of Infamy"
27
In “No News from Auschwitz,” Rosenthal deliberately uses this type of tone.
Objective Tone
Subjective Tone
28
When a speaker aligns themselves with others who are known for their expertise, it is called...
Logos
Ethos
Pathos
29
What is writing that deals with real, not imagined, people, places, things, and events?
Nonfiction
Historical Fiction
Political Cartoons
Fiction
30
"Homeless" is this type of nonfiction.
Persuasive Essay
Personal Essay
Autobiography
Memoir