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Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
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1.
My brother Orville and I grew up in Dayton, Ohio. We were always interested in mechanical things, long before we built the first motor-driven plane.
If an author wrote this, you would most likely find it
If an author wrote this, you would most likely find it
a)
in a biography
b)
in an autobiography
c)
in an encyclopedia
d)
in a dictionary
2.
Which plot is from a fantasy genre?
a)
a princess must escape from an evil dragon’s castle
b)
citizens have just learned that a giant meteoroid has wiped out the eastern seaboard
c)
a young boy finds his lost dog by placing an ad in a local paper
d)
a person learns a lesson by the actions of an animal in a story
3.
In the dark laboratory there was a dish of a glowing green substance sitting on the shelf in the refrigerator. The door opened and the scientist slowly walked toward the refrigerator. As he opened the heavy stainless steel door he was blinded by the light and transported to another time and place.
The genre of this piece is most likely:
The genre of this piece is most likely:
a)
historical fiction
b)
science fiction
c)
realistic fiction
d)
nonfiction
4.
Once upon a time there was a small girl named Druid. She lived in the forest with many beautiful plants and animals. One day the queen sent for her and asked her to come to the palace on the hill.
The genre of this piece is most likely:
The genre of this piece is most likely:
a)
essay
b)
fairy tale
c)
fable
d)
poetry
5.
Which of the following characters would least likely appear in a fantasy story?
a)
talking tree
b)
unicorn
c)
scientist
d)
magician
6.
This genre is divided into stanzas.
a)
nonfiction
b)
essay
c)
poetry
d)
drama
7.
A frog is an amphibian. It spends part of its life in the water. It spends the other part on land.
This text likely came from
This text likely came from
a)
nonfiction
b)
poetry
c)
drama
d)
fiction
8.
(Two kids are playing in the sandbox.)
Lucy: Where is the other shovel? I want to make my sandcastle.
Marty: (looking down, burying a penny) I buried it.
This text is an example of
Lucy: Where is the other shovel? I want to make my sandcastle.
Marty: (looking down, burying a penny) I buried it.
This text is an example of
a)
nonfiction
b)
poetry
c)
essay
d)
drama
9.
The Life of George Washington by Abraham Lincoln is an example of
a)
a biography
b)
an autobiography
c)
a poem
d)
drama
10.
Haikus, Limericks, Ballads, and Free Verse are all examples of
a)
dramas
b)
realistic fiction
c)
poetry
d)
essays
11.
A story that provides a moral or lesson at the end is a/an
a)
essay
b)
fable
c)
biography
d)
almanac
12.
Gary spends four to six paragraphs attempting to persuade his teachers to give no homework in a/an
a)
essay
b)
drama
c)
fable
d)
poem
13.
A story that usually explains something about the world and involves gods and other superhuman beings is considered a
a)
fairy tale
b)
folktale
c)
myth
d)
fable
14.
A story with no known author originally passed from one generation to another by word of mouth is considered a
a)
fable
b)
folktale
c)
myth
d)
poem
15.
Prose writing that is true and presents facts about real people, places, and events (can be presented in paragraph form or as fliers, advertisements, invitations, recipes, brochures, etc.) is considered
a)
realistic fiction
b)
poetry
c)
nonfiction
d)
historical fiction
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