Genre Basics

Genre Basics

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 6th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.5.5, RI.11-12.10, RL.5.3

+18

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sabrina Torabi

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17 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Media Image

'Genre' refers to the ____ of literature the writing belongs to.

type or kind

time period

audience

book

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

2.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The main genres are:

Nonfiction

Fiction

Drama

Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A nonfiction text is

true

made up

partly made up, and partly true

not a genre

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A fiction text is

true

made up

partly made up, and partly true

not a genre

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Poetry is a type of genre that

is always short

always rhymes

expresses feelings and ideas through unique style and rhythmn

is not a genre

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

A drama is a type of genre that

only has 1 character

is always funny

is always sad

a play told through dialogue (characters speaking)

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.10

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.7

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Which of the following is NOT a subgenre of fiction?

mystery

biography

realistic fiction

fantasy

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