Genre Quiz

The word "genre" means...

• a book
• a kind or type
• a food
• a genius

Stories that come from the author's imagination are...

• nonfiction
• fiction
• poetry
• folklore

How do fables end?

• With the moral of the story

• With unusual creatures

• With magic

• With a person's accomplishments

If you were wanting to read something involving a king, what type of literature should you look for?

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

What type of literature involves gods and goddesses as the main characters?

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

What types of literature attempt to explain how something in nature came to be? (Select more than one)

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

How does a fairytale often begin and end?

• Once Upon A time ....

  They Lived Happily Ever After

• So What Had Happened Was...

  That's My Story And I'm Sticking To It

• It All Began When ....

  The End

• Have You Ever Wondered How...

  And That Is How ___ Came To Be

What type of literature involves gods and goddesses as the main characters?

• Fairytales

• Fables

• Myths

• Legends

• Tall Tales

Myths are usually stories about

• giants and dragons
• castles and forests
• heroes or godly characters
• talking animals and a lesson

A genre of reading that are stories that have been told orally and passed down from generation to generation

• traditional literature
• fiction
• genre
• literary nonfiction