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Nonfiction Unit Test Study Guide

I. Nonfiction Vocabulary-Study the definitions of the following terms 1. compare 16. purpose 2. contrast 17. fact 3. almanac 18. nonfiction 4. atlas 19. heading 5. outline 20. index 6. autobiography 21. byline 7. dictionary 22. graphic 8. card catalogue 23. editorial cartoon 9. search engine 24. caption 10. encyclopedia 25. opinion 11. thesaurus 26. internet 12. network 27. database 13. link 28. drafting 14. research 29. proofreading 15. main idea 30. publishing Outlining-Study your outlining notes. Be prepared to complete an outline based on your reading of a text. 1. Roman numerals (I, II, III, IV, V, etc.) 2. proper outline format (title, indentations, no A without a B, no 1 without a 2, capitalization rules) 3. main idea 4. supporting details Proofreading and Editing-Be prepared to read a passage and find and correct errors in capitalization, punctuation, and paragraph structure. Inverted Pyramid-Study the inverted pyramid structure. You will read a news article and identify the who, what, where, when, why, and how in a lead paragraph. Constructed Response-Prepare to compose a multi-paragraph composition to compare and contrast a given topic. You must show knowledge of the steps of the writing process. 1. Prewriting (Double Bubble, Outline) 2. Drafting 3. Editing 4. Revising/Proofreading 5. Publishing (Final Draft)

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