Genres Of Literature

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    Story about a person's life written by someone else

    • Biography
    • Journal
    • Historical fiction
    • Autobiography
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Explore the diverse genres of literature with this quiz, assessing knowledge on biographies, factual data, fictional tales, personal narratives, and mythological stories. Perfect for enhancing literary comprehension and critical thinking.

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  • 2. 

    Facts and statistics about people, places and things 

    • Biography

    • Dictionary

    • Encyclopedia

    • Textbook

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  • 3. 

    Story about make-believe beings and events 

    • myth

    • Fable

    • folktale

    • Fairytale

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  • 4. 

    Personal stories about events in real life 

    • Autobiography

    • Blog

    • Biography

    • Journal

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  • 5. 

    Articles, stories and other features 

    • Novel

    • blog

    • magazine

    • newspaper

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  • 6. 

    Very old story that "explains" something in nature

    • Myth

    • folktale

    • Legend

    • Fable

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  • 7. 

    Long story, usually in chapters

    • mystery

    • short story

    • Novel

    • Play

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  • 8. 

    Has rhythm, may rhyme, may have stanzas (sections) 

    • Science fiction

    • Short story

    • prose

    • poetry

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