Unit Assessment



1.	A(n) __________ is a nonfiction account that tells about important historical events.
	A.	epic
	B.	historical narrative
	C.	autobiography
	D.	satire

2.	Click on the letter of the word or phrase that means about the same as the underlined word. I knew my mother would admonish me to stay away from the ice pond because it was dangerous.
	A.	to restrain
	B.	to examine carefully
	C.	to warn against a specific action
	D.	to misrepresent

3.	A memoir is a fictional story that an author invents.
	A.	TRUE
	B.	FALSE

4.	Explain the purpose of anecdotes in a literary work.


5.	A thesis is the main idea of a nonfiction work.
	A.	TRUE
	B.	FALSE

Read the following excerpt from A Swimming Lesson. Then answer question 6.
At nine years old I didn't realize my grandmother, Lydia, and I were doing an extraordinary thing by packing a picnic lunch and riding the elevated train from Roxbury to Revere Beach. It seemed part of the natural rhythm of summer to me. I didn't notice how the subway cars slowly emptied of most of their Black passengers as the train left Boston's urban center and made its way into the Italian and Irish suburban neighborhoods to the north.



6.	This passage is an example of a(n) __________.
	A.	persuasive essay
	B.	oral history
	C.	narrative essay
	D.	new story

7.	Authors use __________ to appeal to logic, emotion, ethics, or authority.
	A.	dialects
	B.	rhetorical devices
	C.	images
	D.	bias

8.	To which of the following situations does an allusion NOT refer?
	A.	literature
	B.	history
	C.	art
	D.	voting policy

9.	A __________ is a passage taken from another author's text and inserted word for word into a speech or work of literature.
	A.	summary
	B.	quotation
	C.	passage
	D.	metaphor

10.	Explain how distinguishing fact from opinion can help a reader understand a text.

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