Nonfiction Genre Review

Which of the following is the MAIN genre that is based on facts, real people, and real events

• Realistic Fiction

• Nonficton

• Fiction

• Poetry

Which genre is used to convince reader of a writer's argument, opinion, or point of view?

• Informational Writing

• Biography

• Diary/Journal Entry

• Arguemenative Writing

Which genre is a written description of one memory or event from an author's past?

• Arguemenative Writing

• Informational Writing

• Memoir

• Autobiography

Which genre is a true retelling of a person's whole life written by someone else?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Memoir

• Dairy/Journal Entry

Which genre gives information about a certain topic, place, or event?

• Biography

• Autobiography

• Informational Writing

• Memoir

Which genre is a record of what happened over a day or longer period and has a written date before the record starts?

• Argumentative Writing

• Memoir

• Diary/Journal Entry

• Informational Writing

Which genre is a true retelling of a person's who life written by that person?

• Autobiography

• Memoir

• Informational Writing

• Diary/Journal Entry

What genre would a science textbook be?

• Argumentative Writing

• Memoir

• Informational Writing

• Diary/Journal Entry

Which genre would Who was Walt Disney, written by Whitney Stewart be?

• Memoir

• Biography

• Argumentative Writing

• Autobiography

What is the author's purpose behind writing this book?

• Persuade

• Inform

• Entertain