Genre Quiz

What do you call a story set in the distant future, on other planets and has imagined technology and maybe strange life forms?

• space fiction

• imagined fiction

• super fiction

• science fiction

What is a type of book is written by an author about someone else's real life? 

• mythology

• biography

• short story

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What do you call a story that CAN ACTUALLY HAPPEN, takes place in current times, seems real BUT is based on the author's imagination?

• fairy tale

• drama

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

What do you call a text written about real events, people, scientific facts or other interesting topics?

• non-fiction

• mystery

• adventure

• poetry

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What type of story might have a magical setting and strange creatures, a problem or quest, a life lesson and a happy ending?

• realistic fiction

• essay

• fairy tale

• drama

What type of book is written by an author about his or her own life?

• autofiction

• automatic story

• automemery

• autobiography

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What do you call stories from specific cultures that deal with adventure and drama with gods and godessess interacting with humans and supernatural creatures from long ago?

• mythology

• sociology

• biology

• psychology

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What do you call a book that is set in a specific and important part of history, has both real people and imaginary characters?

• history mystery

• historical fiction

• history function

• history imagined

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What type of writing is written in stanzas, describes powerful experiences and sensations and sometimes rhymes?

• paragraph

• poetry

• proper writing

• paraphrase

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.11

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which setting might be included in a fantasy novel?

• under the sea kingdom of King Starfish of Bubble Land

• historic kingdom of King Tut of Egypt