This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Genres > Non Fictional Prose – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Non Fictional Prose Quiz 8 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An author's reason for writing is called ..... A) The author's purpose. B) The tone. C) The mood. D) Writing style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author's purpose. 2. The narrator (the voice that is telling the story) is a character who is part of the action and uses the first-person pronouns I, me, and my. The reader sees everything through this character's eyes. A) Second person point of view. B) Third person point of view. C) First person point of view. D) Fourth person point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) First person point of view. 3. How does a person make an inference? A) Makes a guess and hopes for the best. B) Looks for the answer directly in the text then makes a guess. C) Asks the teacher for help. D) Makes a guess based on what the text says + his own experiences. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Makes a guess based on what the text says + his own experiences. 4. Define Nonfiction. A) Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. B) Prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. C) A kind of rhythmic, compressed language that uses figures of speech and imagery designed to appeal to our emotions and imagination. D) A body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people, such as biography or history. 5. Have the same identical letters but not have the same sound A) Perfect Ryhme. B) Eye Rhyme. C) Approximate Rhyme. D) Masculine Rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Eye Rhyme. 6. ..... is a type of non fiction that is most of the time, to inform and/or persuade, that is issued every day. A) Newspaper. B) Dictionary. C) Magazine. D) Encyclopedia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newspaper. 7. Iamb + Six Foot is A) Iambic Hexameter. B) Iambic Pentameter. C) Iambic Trimeter. D) Iambic Heptameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic Hexameter. 8. A ..... is the longest form of fiction. Usually, a novel is more than 100 pages long. Most novels have many characters and story lines.Some popular novels include Maniac Magee and Treasure Island. A) Short story. B) Novel. C) Novella. D) Historical fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Novel. 9. What happens in the story. A) Prose. B) Conflict. C) Genre. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plot. 10. A ..... is a short work of nonfiction. It reveals a writer's exploration of a single subject, idea, or experience. A) Autobiography. B) Personal essay. C) True crime story. D) Journals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personal essay. 11. Final sounds of rhyming words are similar is called ..... A) Approximate Rhyme. B) Identical Rhyme. C) Terminal Rhyme. D) Perfect Ryhme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Approximate Rhyme. 12. Why is it important to provide textual evidence? A) It makes your paragraph longer. B) It allows your reader to get the important facts from the article without reading the whole thing. C) It shows that you know what you are talking about. D) It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It makes your claim stronger and helps prove your point. 13. Drama has character list, while poetry has ..... ? A) Paragraphs. B) Rhyme. C) Props. D) Sentences. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rhyme. 14. Unstressed syllable followed by stressed syllable is called A) Iamb. B) Trochee. C) Dactyl. D) Anaphest. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iamb. 15. The location and time of a story A) SETTING. B) PLOT. C) CHARACTER. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SETTING. 16. The perspective from which a story is told A) Characterization. B) Foreshadowing. C) Point of view. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point of view. 17. In which country does "The Illiad and the Odyssey" come from? A) Greece. B) Arabia. C) U.S.A. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greece. 18. Define emancipated in the essay "The Shutout". A) Running very late. B) In a hurry. C) Mixed together like a cake batter. D) Freed from slavery. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Freed from slavery. 19. My Life, My Way might be a great title for a(n) A) Personal narrative. B) Biography. C) Autobiography. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Autobiography. 20. A real story of a person's life written by that person. A) Biography. B) Autobiography. C) Ficiton. D) Nonfiction. 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