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1.

A literary work that tells the story of an author’s own life is called

A.an autobiography
B.a biography
C.an essay
D.a short story



2.

When you ___________, you restate the most important ideas in a text in your own words.

A.draw conclustions
B.summarize
C.identify sequence
D.analyze cause-and-effect relationships



3.

Click on the letter of the word that means about the same as the underlined word.

He is a meticulous researcher.

A.careful
B.sloppy
C.careless
D.inhibited



4.

Authors often write to achieve one or more of the following purposes: to persuade, to inform, to explain, to entertain, or to describe.

A.True
B.False



5.

When you analyze style, you

A.analyze the author’s purpose.
B.analyze the expressive qualities of an author’s work.
C.identify point of view.
D.connect to personal experience and prior knowledge.



6.

Which of the following is NOT a type of text structure?

A.problem-solution
B.cause-and-effect
C.compare and contrast
D.description



7.

A thesis in a nonfiction work is

A.a supporting detail.
B.an illustration.
C.the main idea.
D.the author's biography.



8.

Persuasion is writing that has a plot and develops a conflict.

A.True
B.False



9.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a rhetorical device?

A.repetition
B.parallelism
C.refrain
D.analogy



10.

A memoir typically tells the writer’s life story, whereas an autobiography tends to focus on a specific period or event in the author’s life.

A.True
B.False

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