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?
