Genre Characteristics

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What is a genre?

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It is a style of writing.

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of poetry? stanza, rhyme, line length, plot

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plot

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Point of view, autobiography, and an actual event are characteristics of what genre?

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literary nonfiction

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Dialogue, playwright, and stage directions belong in which genre?

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drama

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Which description best fits the genre of drama?

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usually for theatrical performance where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue

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Key ideas, articles, and organizational patterns are characteristics of what genre? Options: drama, literary nonfiction, nonfiction, poetry

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nonfiction

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What is an autobiography?

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the story of a real person's life written by that person

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Which of the following does NOT fall into the genre of nonfiction? Options: Argumentative, Informational, Literary

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Literary

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What is the best definition for informational text?

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A text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience

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Argumentative writing is ...

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a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and/or persuasion