Genre Characteristics

What is a genre?

• It is a type of reading.

• It is a style of writing.

• It is a book.

• It is a category for movies.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of poetry?

• stanza

• rhyme

• line length

• plot

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

Point of view, autobiography, and an actual event are characteristics of what genre?

• drama

• literary nonfiction

• nonfiction

• fiction

Dialogue, playwright, and stage directions belong in which genre?

• literary nonfiction

• fiction

• drama

• poetry

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Which description bests fits the genre of drama?

• written to create emotion; often has imagery, rhyme, and rhythm

• written to make the reader laugh

• usually for theatrical performance where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

Key ideas, articles, and organizational patterns are characteristics of what genre?

• drama

• literary nonfiction

• nonfiction

• poetry

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is an autobiography?

• written to create emotion; often has imagery, rhythm, and rhyme

• the story of a real person's life written by that person

• a story including characters, conflict, and a possibly resolution

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following does NOT fall into the genre of nonfiction?

• Argumentative

• Informational

• Literary

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Based on what you know about informational text, what could be the best definition for informational text?

• A text that includes pictures or other images within a text

• The act of searching for information or knowledge about a particular subject or topic

• A text that presents information in order to inform or educate an audience

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Argumentative writing is ...

• the reason the author writes a topic

• the way an author decides to organize his or her ideas

• a text in which the writer develops and defends a position or debates a topic using logic and/or persuasion