Genres and Story Elements Quiz

Made up stories that aren't real

• mystery

• nonfiction

• fiction

• biography

a story of a person's life written by the person himself/herself

• biography

• autobiography

• fantasy

• mystery

an imaginative story; the events are not humanly possible

• biography

• mystery

• animal

• fantasy

a story about a person's life written by another person

• nonfiction

• fantasy

• biography

• autobiography

this type of book would explain how a hurricane is formed

• biography

• mystery

• fiction

• nonfiction

the action following the climax of the plot

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

the action before the climax of the plot, the sequence of events that build up to the climax

• exposition

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

the most exciting part (point of greatest emotional impact) of the story

• climax

• rising action

• falling action

• resolution

when the author scatters hints to give clues to future events in the story

• foreshadowing

• plot

• theme

• flashback

the sequence (order) of events in a story

• foreshadowing

• plot

• theme

• flashback