Genre Quiz

Authors of stories in this genre are often retelling the

story, and because of this, the story may change slightly

each time it is retold

• Poetry

• Traditional Literature

• Humor

• Realistic Fiction

Writing that is true, informative or factual

• Historical Fiction

• Mystery

• Informational

• Classic

Made up stories about events that could happen

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Drama

• Biography

Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary

elements

• Science Fiction

• Mystery

• Autobiography

• Fantasy

Fictional stories based around real people and events

from the past

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Traditional Literature

• Fantasy

Suspenseful stories based around a problem that is

solved at the end of the story

• Drama

• Humor

• Mystery

• Realistic Fiction

Stories about the future, space, aliens and technology

• Science Fiction

• Realistic Fiction

• Fantasy

• Poetry

Stories about a person written by another person

• Autobiography

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

• Classic

Writing that creates emotion; it usually has rhythm and

rhyme

• Poetry

• Drama

• Humor

• Science Fiction

Stories about a person written by that person

• Realistic Fiction

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Historical Fiction