Literary Genre Quiz
14 Questions
| Total Attempts: 1687
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What does the term, GENRE mean?
- 2.A dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage i.e. a play with roles.
- 3.A short story usually with animals as characters that teaches a lesson or moral.
- 4.A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells his/her own life story.
- 5.Fictional story that makes use of real events, places or people from history.
- 6.Put a check beside the genres that are NON FICTION.
- A.
Fables
- B.
Realistic Fiction
- C.
Autobiography
- D.
Tall Tale
- E.
Informational
- F.
Mystery
- G.
Fantasy
- H.
Biography
- I.
Science Fiction
- 7.Myths → A short story usually with animals as characters that teaches a lesson or mora.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 8.Biography → A form of nonfiction in which a writer tells the life story of another person.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 9.Fiction → Writing that contains true facts, & tells about real people, places, objects, etc.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 10.Nonfiction → Writing that contains true facts, & tells about real people, places, objects, etc.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.Science Fiction → Fictional story that combines elements of fantasy and scientific facts. Often set in the future.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.Fictional story where people and events are realistic and could happen in real life. Setting is usually in modern (contemporary) times.
- A.
Historical Fiction
- B.
Realistic Fiction
- C.
Science Fiction
- 13.A highly imaginative story that contains magic, creatures, or other supernatural heroes etc.
- A.
Fantasy
- B.
Fable
- C.
Myth
- 14.A major type of literature that makes use of imagery, figurative language, and sometimes rhyme. Rather than paragraphs it is written in stanzas.
- A.
Drama
- B.
Informational
- C.
Poetry
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