2. Literary Genres Quiz

Which genre is a story about a person’s life, written by another person?

• Autobiography

• Biography

• Fable

• Legend

What is a brief writing on a particular subject or idea called?

• Essay

• Fiction

• Memoir

• Myth

Which genre features animals that talk and act like people?

• Fable

• Folktale

• Legend

• Tall Tale

What is writing that tells about imaginary events and characters called?

• Biography

• Fiction

• Myth

• Novel

Which genre is a story that has been handed down from generation to generation?

• Fable

• Folktale

• Legend

• Tall Tale

What is a story, usually about a national or folk hero, which is based on both fact and imaginative material called?

• Biography

• Fable

• Legend

• Myth

Which part of a story is amusing and can be created through sarcasm, word play, irony, and exaggeration?

• Autobiography

• Fiction

• Humor

• Memoir

What is a first-person writing about an event called?

• Essay

• Fiction

• Memoir

• Novel

Which genre is a story from ancient times that explains certain aspects of life and nature?

• Fable

• Legend

• Myth

• Tall Tale

What is a long work of fiction with one main plot and several subplots called?

• Biography

• Fiction

• Novel

• Short Story