Nonfiction Signposts Test Review Question Preview (ID: 53125)


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What is the Contrasts and Contradictions signpost?
a) The author uses numbers, number words, or amounts.
b) The author uses words that exaggerate or push the limits.
c) The author shows the difference between what you know and what is happening or between two different things in the text.
d)

What is the Numbers and Statistics signpost?
a) The author uses numbers, number words, or amounts.
b) The author uses words that exaggerate or push the limits.
c) The author shows the difference between what you know and what is happening or between two different things in the text.
d)

What is the Extreme or Absolute Language signpost?
a) The author uses numbers, number words, or amounts.
b) The author uses words that exaggerate or push the limits.
c) The author shows the difference between what you know and what is happening or between two different things in the text.
d)

What question do you ask when you notice Extreme or Absolute Language?
a) What does this make me wonder about?
b) Why did the author use these numbers?
c) Why did the author use this language?
d)

What question do you ask when you notice Contrasts and Contradictions?
a) What does this make me wonder about?
b) Why did the author use these numbers?
c) Why did the author use this language?
d)

What question do you ask when you notice Numbers and Statistics?
a) What does this make me wonder about?
b) Why did the author use these numbers?
c) Why did the author use this language?
d)

What signpost is this an example of? When Hurricane Sandy struck the East Coast of the United States in 2010, it caused $70 billion worth of damage. That’s made the storm one of the most costly hurricanes in American history.
a) Numbers and Statistics
b) Extreme or Absolute Language
c) Contrasts and Contradictions
d)

Why would an author point out that Hurricane Sandy caused $70 billion worth of damage?
a) She is trying to show you that it didn't do much damage.
b) She is trying to show you that people weren't affect by the hurricane.
c) She is trying to show you that the hurricane did a lot of damage.
d)

What signpost is this an example of? While the mosquito is tiny and the lion is huge, people face much more danger from mosquitos than lions in tropical areas. That’s because mosquitoes carry diseases that kill many people in the tropics each year.
a) Numbers and Statistics
b) Extreme or Absolute Language
c) Contrasts and Contradictions
d)

Why would an author point out that a mosquito is tiny and a lion is huge?
a) He understands that tiny things are always more dangerous than huge things.
b) Mosquitoes and lions don't live in the same place.
c) He makes you wonder how something so small could be more dangerous than something so big.
d)

What signpost is this an example of? It’s freezing. I’m so hungry I could eat a horse. I’m starving.
a) Numbers and Statistics
b) Extreme or Absolute Language
c) Contrasts and Contradictions
d)

Why would an author exaggerate things a lot?
a) She is making a point that she feels something strongly.
b) She is trying to get you to not pay attention.
c) She doesn't understand what she feels.
d)

What type of Quoted Words is where the author quotes an expert who wrote down their words in a book, magazine, or newspaper?
a) Voice of Authority
b) Personal Perspective
c) Others' Words
d)

What type of Quoted Words is where the author quotes someone who is not an expert but personally experienced what happened?
a) Voice of Authority
b) Personal Perspective
c) Others' Words
d)

What type of Quoted Words is where the author quotes an expert who they are talking to?
a) Voice of Authority
b) Personal Perspective
c) Others' Words
d)

What type of Quoted Words is this example? Residents of Matawan believed that the new roller rink could bring in lots of business for the town. “Other towns that have brought in roller rinks have seen business improvements of millions of dollars per
a) Voice of Authority
b) Personal Perspective
c) Others' Words
d)

What type of Quoted Words is this example? “I couldn’t believe how much fun I had at the roller rink in Edison,” said local resident Sally Jenkins. “We skated all night and had the time of our lives. They played my favorite songs and they had lots of
a) Voice of Authority
b) Personal Perspective
c) Others' Words
d)

What type of Quoted Words is this example? A study published in “Roller Rink Monthly” magazine says “People who regularly visit roller rinks are healthier than people who only walk for exercise.”
a) Voice of Authority
b) Personal Perspective
c) Others' Words
d)

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