Genre Vocabulary Quiz

The time, place, and mood of the story is called the ____.

• plot

• fiction

• setting

• genre

The sequence of events in a story is the ____.

• plot

• setting

• nonfiction

• genre

Writing that is based on facts, real events, and real people is called ____.

• plot

• genre

• fiction

• nonfiction

A major category or type of literature is called a _____.

• fiction

• genre

• nonfiction

• setting

The person or animal or thing with human characteristics is called a ____.

• setting

• fiction

• character

• genre

Literary work, or story, based on the author's imagination is called ____.

• fiction

• nonfiction

• genre

• character

In which genre is the plot often about getting home after a realistic, exciting event?

• Memoir

• Realistic Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Adventure

Which genre is the story of a person's life written by that person?

• Informational

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Historical Fiction

Which genre is the story of a person's life researched and written by another person?

• autobiography

• biography

• realistic fiction

• fantasy

Which genre is a story that takes place in a created world with unreal characters, possibly with the use of magic?

• adventure

• mystery

• science fiction

• fantasy