Elements of Nonfiction
  • 1. In any nonfiction text, which of the following is NOT a text feature?
A) Paragraphs
B) Bulleted Lists
C) Heading
D) Sidebar
  • 2. In any nonfiction text, which of the following DOES NOT describe a story with a narrow scope?
A) The story is centered around one specific event.
B) The author focuses on one particular location.
C) The story takes place over a short period of time.
D) The author presents many characters.
  • 3. In any nonfiction text, which of the following is NOT a possible author's purpose?
A) To persuade
B) To inform/explain
C) To entertain
D) To educate
  • 4. In any nonfiction text, which of the following IS NOT a way to determine author's purpose?
A) Subject
B) Scope
C) Tone
D) Words
  • 5. In any nonfiction text, which of the following IS NOT a type of supporting detail?
A) Anecdotes
B) Bulleted Lists
C) Facts
D) Quotations
  • 6. Which statement is the main idea of the second paragraph?
A) People must be prepared for tornadoes every day.
B) Most tornadoes in the U.S. happen in the spring.
C) Scientists have new information about tornadoes.
D) Tornadoes are sometimes called "twisters."
  • 7. The subheading "Recipe for Disaster" refers to what must happen for
A) warm air to rise
B) tornadoes to form
C) wind to blow at different speeds
D) thunderstorms to weaken
  • 8. Which statement best summarizes lines 17-19?
A) Clouds form thunderstorms that cause condensation that rises.
B) Thunderstorms produce vapor that changes into warm condensation in clouds.
C) Condensation warms air and causes vapor and liquid to rise.
D) Rising air forms a cloud of condensation that warms and maintains a storm.
  • 9. Which text feature tells you where to look to find out where tornadoes strike?
A) "Tricky Twisters"
B) Recipe for Disaster"
C) "Extra Ordinary"
D) "Tornado Target"
  • 10. The author's purpose in including dates, percentages, and other data in lines 49-58 is to
A) Entertain
B) Persuade
C) Show Feeling
D) Inform
  • 11. Which main idea does the detail about storms in Indiana in lines 56-58 support?
A) Unexpected storms can hit the united States in the fall.
B) The Great Plains region is also called "Tornado Alley."
C) Squall lines produce more tornadoes in some areas than in others.
D) Most tornadoes in Tornado Alley form from supercells.
  • 12. The author's purpose for the article is mainly to
A) Describe tornadoes features to readers
B) Persuade readers to study tornadoes
C) Express readers' fears of tornadoes
D) Inform readers about tornadoes
  • 13. The first two paragraphs reveal that the author's primary purpose is to
A) entertain readers with stories about tornado survivors
B) express feelings about natural disasters
C) inform readers of scientific thinking about tornadoes
D) persuade states to prepare for storms
  • 14. Why is "Recipe for Disaster" an appropriate subheading for lines 11-27?
A) The author likens the conditions that produce a tornado to ingredients in cooking.
B) The air temperatures during a tornado are similar to the temperatures used in baking.
C) You can use kitchen utensils and ingredients to make a tornado model.
D) Scientists use measurements and directions when they study tornadoes' occurrences.
  • 15. What statement best summarizes lines 12-19?
A) The most important ingredient in a thunderstorm is moist air.
B) Tornados never form as a result of the creation of a thunderstorm.
C) Thunderstorms occur when moist air near the ground rises to meet cold air above.
D) Thunderstorms are complicated and difficult to trigger.
  • 16. To support the main idea in the sentence that begins on line 20, the author provides details about
A) what wind shear looks like
B) how wind shear affects a storm
C) how wind shear differs from updrafts
D) how wind shear is measured
  • 17. The subheading "Tornado Target" refers to
A) high plateaus in Mexico
B) a dryline
C) the Gulf of Mexico
D) the Great Plains
  • 18. The detail "But when the team zeroed in or specific areas, some of the percentages were much higher" (lines 55-56) supports the main idea that
A) a small percentage of tornadoes are spawned from squall lines.
B) squall lines pose more of a threat in some regions than in others.
C) Trapp and his colleagues studied records from thousands of tornadoes.
D) devastating tornadoes can form outside the boundaries of Tornado Alley.
  • 19. How would you describe the scope of this article?
A) Narrow
B) Broad
  • 20. In any nonfiction text, an anecdote is best described as
A) the main idea.
B) a definition of a key word.
C) a short story to prove a point.
D) extra details about the story.
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