Genres of Literature Quiz

Authors of stories in this genre are often retelling the story, and because of this, the story may change slightly each time it is retold.

• traditional literature

• autobiography

• biography

• realistic fiction

Writing that is true, informative or factual.

• realistic fiction

• informational

• nonfiction

• historical fiction

Made up stories about events and people but that could really happen.

• informational

• biography

• historical fiction

• realistic fiction

Stories with magic, monsters, and other imaginary elements.

• fantasy

• informational

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

Fictional stories based around real people and events from the past.

• realistic fiction

• autobiography

• biography

• historical fiction

Suspenseful stories based around a problem that is solved at the end of the story.

• autobiography

• mystery

• realistic fiction

• informational

Stories about the future, space, aliens and technology.

• biography

• informational

• realistic fiction

• science fiction

Stories about a person written by another person.

• biography

• autobiography

• realistic fiction

• historical fiction

Writing that creates emotion; it usually has rhythm and rhyme.

• realistic fiction

• biography

• informational

• poetry

Stories about a person written by that person.

• autobiography

• historical fiction

• informational

• biography