English quiz nonfiction study

The Tatler and Spectator papers were produced by _____.

Addison, Steele

An Englishman who wrote essays about travel, truth, riches, and other serious subjects was _____.

Bacon

The two English poets who wrote literary essays about poetry were _____.

Coleridge, Wordsworth

Franklin claimed to have heard and understood the conversation of ephemera, a type of _____

Insect

The selection illustrating the idea that "the pen is mightier than the sword" is _____.

Jefferson's letter to Paine

The word essai, or essay, was first used by a French man named _____.

Montaigne

Diaries are usually written for one of these two reasons:

Some people write diaries for personal reasons, and some write for the future of others who may read the diary.

Reader's Digest and Science Digest are examples of the _____ type of magazine.

anthology

A witty, concise proverb-like saying is called a(n) _____.

aphorism

An author's story about himself is _____.

autobiography

Douglass says his experiences with Mr. Covey turned him into a

brute

The types of issues commonly dealt with by editorialists are _____.

economic, political, social

An essay type of writing stating the opinions of the publisher is called a(n) _____.

editorial

Byrd explains the problems he encountered with Powhatan.

false

Since an editor is giving his opinion, facts are not important.

false

The Diary of Anne Frank is a record kept by an early Dutch settler

false

The rescue of John Smith by Pocahontas is believed to have been _____.

fictional or exaggerated

Two styles of essays are _____.

formal and informal

Winthrop held what political position?

governor

Cotton Mather wrote a biography of

john winthrop

The houses built by Byrd were constructed of _____.

logs, with pine and cypress shingles

Two of the most popular forms of nonfiction are _____.

magazines, newspapers

French writings similar to essays were called pensees, or ______.

thoughts

The word essay originally meant _____.

to try

Biography can be used to reveal a historical period through the examination of one representative person's life.

true

Captain John Smith may have exaggerated or even invented parts of his account, A True Relation.

true

Cotton Mather was a Puritan minister.

true

The Diary of Anne Frank describes the life of a Jewish girl during World War I I.

true

Thomas Jefferson's letter applauds Thomas Paine's efforts.

true

William Bradford's account about the Puritans, The History of Plymouth Plantation, is serious in tone.

true

William Byrd II wrote an informal, yet informative, account of a trip to Virginia and the Carolinas.

true

The questions a newspaper article should answer are _____.

who, what, when, where, how?