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