STAAR Genre Review

_________ refers to literature created from the imagination.

• Poetry

• Informational

• Fiction

• Persuasive

We use this type of writing or converstation to convince others to agree with our facts, share our values, accept our argument and conclusions, and adopt our way of thinking.

• Fiction

• Informational

• Drama

• Persuasive

The primary purpose of ______________ is to inform the reader about the natural or social world

• Fiction

• Informational

• Poetry

• Persuasive

__________ is a literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm.

• Poetry

• Fiction

• Drama

• Informational

Select which genre is a written work that tells a story through action and speech and is acted out.

• Informational

• Poetry

• Drama

• Persuasive

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: Characters, Plot, Setting, Climax, Flashbacks, Foreshadowing, & Mood.

• Informational

• Fiction

• Persuasive

• Poetry

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: Claim, Evidence, Graphics, Rhetorical Devices, & Logical Fallacies.

• Fiction

• Informational

• Drama

• Persuasive

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: Facts, Controlling idea, Citations, Graphs, Charts, Pictures, Captions & Headings.

• Informational

• Fiction

• Drama

• Poetry

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: stanza, rhyme scheme, & figurative language.  

• Drama

• Persuasive

• Poetry

• Fiction

Which genre has (but not limited to) the following elements: Characters, Plot, Scene, Stage Directions, & Character Tags.

• Drama

• Persuasive

• Fiction

• Informational