Genres Quiz

What genre do we see writing that is concerned with the "beauty of language"?

• Fantasy

• Poetry

• Historical Fiction

• Fairytale

A story that is not true but could have happened is...

• Science Fiction

• Fantasy

• Realistic Fiction

• Biography

Factual writing that comes in the subgenres of persuasive and informational writing is....

• Fiction

• Nonfiction

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

Writing that comes in the form of a script is...

• Dramas

• Tall Tales

• Autobiographies

• Fables

Tags

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.5

What subgenre includes robots, aliens, and futuristic technology and/or weapons?

• Informational Writing

• Historical Fiction

• Science Fiction

• Persuasive Writing

This subgenre has magic and/or talking animals and often beings with "Once upon a time"...

• Fantasy

• Fairytale

• Fable

• Tragedy

Stories that were once passed down orally are...

• Nonfiction

• Fiction

• Folklore

• Poetry

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

Set in the Wild West and uses great exaggeration for humor:

• Myth

• Fable

• Tall Tale

• Legend

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What is the subgenre: In "The Tortoise and the Hare", a rabbit makes fun of a turtle's slow speed; the two animals then have a race. Because of the rabbit's overconfidence and turtle's determination, the turtle wins. The MORAL of the story points to the common phrase "slow and steady wins the race".

• Legend

• Fable

• Persuasive Writing

• Comedy

Tags

CCSS.RL.1.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.K.5

What is the subgenre: "Fever 1793" tells the story of a fictional girl, Mattie Cook, who fights to survive a fever epidemic in 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

• Biography

• Realistic Fiction

• Historical Fiction

• Tragedy