Non - FIction

Question 1

non - fiction

Answer 1

writing deals with real, not imagined, people, places, things, and events

Question 2

biography

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story of a person’s life told by someone other than that person

Question 3

autobiography

Answer 3

the story of a person’s life written by that person

Question 4

memoir

Answer 4

type of autobiography that focuses on one incident or period in a person’s life

Question 5

primary source

Answer 5

direct evidence, or proof that comes straight from those involved

Question 6

style

Answer 6

how something is said or written

Question 7

allusion

Answer 7

a reference to a well - known person, event, object or work from history or literature

Question 8

essay

Answer 8

short work that presents a single main idea, or thesis, about a particular topic

Question 9

speech

Answer 9

public address that was originally delivered orally

Question 10

informational text

Answer 10

aims to convey or explain information

Question 11

theme

Answer 11

central idea in a literary work

Question 12

author’s purpose

Answer 12

is his or her aim, or goal

Question 13

primary sources

Answer 13

journals
letters
interviews
diaries

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modes of writing

Answer 14

informative
narrative
descriptive
argumentative

Question 15

another name for theme

Answer 15

author’s message

Question 16

forms of non fiction

Answer 16

biography
autobiography
essay
memoir
speech
informative text

Question 17

purpose of informative

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to inform

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purpose of narrative

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to express thoughts or ideas, or to teel a story

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purpose of descriptive

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to portray a person, place, object, or event

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purpose of argumentative

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to convince people to accept a position and respond in some way

Question 21

my left foot is an example of

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autobiography

Question 22

author of my left foot

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christy brown

Question 23

what the mother notice in christy when he was baby

Answer 23

she notice that his head had a habit of falling backward whenever she tried to feed him

Question 24

doctors advised the mother that Christy Brown should be placed where?

Answer 24

mental housing

Question 25

What was the author’s breakthrough that surprised everyone?

Answer 25

He grabbed a yellow chalk with his left foot from his sisters hand

Question 26

How did they react?

Answer 26

They react surprise because that was the first time that he shows communication signals

Question 27

Why did the author feel lonely?

Answer 27

Because nobody understand him and he could not communicate with other children

Question 28

7. What did doctors think about the author’s condition?

Answer 28

That it was interesting but without cure, a lost cause

Question 29

Why does the author talk about a brick wall, thick curtains, and the steps of stairs when referring to his siblings?

Answer 29

he compare his siblings to stairs because of their age difference and the curtain or wall refer to the gap drawn between the author and the other children do to his illness

Question 30

why he compare his siblings with a curtain or wall

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refer to the gap drawn between the author and the other children do to his illness

Question 31

why he compare his siblings with stairs

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because of their age difference

Question 32

How old was Brown when his parents began to seek medical treatment?

Answer 32

1 year

Question 33

What did the author’s father do for a living?

Answer 33

He was a bricklayer

Question 34

How does the author surprise his family?

Answer 34

He writes a A with his left foot

Question 35

Who is the author of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly?

Answer 35

Jean-Dominique Bauby

Question 36

What was the author’s native language?

Answer 36

french

Question 37

What happened to the author in 1995?

Answer 37

Until a stroke left him paralyzed

Question 38

The author of “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” categorized his visitors into what three categories?

Answer 38

nervous visitors reticent visitors meticulous visitors

Question 39

What does the diving bell represent?

Answer 39

Bauby's illness

Question 40

How would you describe the author’s attitude?

Answer 40

Sad, depress, lonely

Question 41

Bauby’s alphabet is in order of what?

Answer 41

Of how frequently the letters are used in french

Question 42

What does Bauby do to indicate his desired letter?

Answer 42

He blinks an eye

Question 43

In "Paris”, what cinematic technique does the author describe?

Answer 43

Rear screen projection

Question 44

What does the cinematic technique mean?

Answer 44

Rear screen projection – when a car speed along a road that unrolls in the background

Question 45

Why does Bauby use that cinematic technique to describe his last trip to Paris?

Answer 45

Because even though he is in the city he no longer feels part of that place