Genre #1 - UTT

Another word for genre as stated in your notes is

• stories

• literary

• category

Which of the following is a genre, not a sub-genre?

• Fiction

• Legend

• Biography

• Novel

Which of the following is a sub-genre?

• Fiction

• Folklore

• Mythology

• Drama

Which of the following is a sub-genre?

• Drama

• Poetry

• Nonfiction

• Tall Tales

Which of the following is a genre, not a sub-genre?

• Poetry

• Fable

• Fantasy

• Autobiography

Which of the following sub-genres uses animals to teach morals? The word "adapted" is often used as there are no known authors.

• Fantasy

• Comedy

• Fable

• Short Story

Novels, short stories and novellas fall into which genre?

• Non-fiction

• Drama

• Poetry

• Fiction

Stories beginning with "Once upon a time" and ending with "happily ever after" fall into which sub-genre?

• Tall Tales

• Tragedies

• Fairy Tales

• Myths

Some characteristics of myths include the following:

• magic, superpowers

• bizarre creatures, gods, goddesses, origins of elements of nature

• short stories with animals that talk and teach life lessons called morals

• facts mixed with fiction to describe American heroes

Which of the following is NOT a type of fiction?

• Historical

• Tragedy

• Fantasy

• Science