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PSSA Vocabulary Review: Types of Writing

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This is the story of a person's life written by him/herself.

a)

expository

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

haiku

2.

This is the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the piece.

a)

expository

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

haiku

3.

This is writing that is intended to allow the reader to picture the scene or setting of the story. It can be fiction, non-fiction or poetry.

a)

descriptive

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

prose

4.

This is any story that is the product of imagination rather than a story of fact.

a)

expository

b)

genre

c)

non-fiction

d)

fiction

5.

This is a type of poetry that lacks regular metrical rhyme patterns or rhythm patterns.

a)

fiction

b)

non-fiction

c)

haiku

d)

free verse

6.

This is a category used to classify literary works into different types of writing.

a)

genre

b)

propaganda/bias

c)

author's purpose

d)

free verse

7.

This is another name for non-fiction text that is written primarily to convey factual information.

a)

fiction

b)

haiku

c)

expository

d)

genre

8.

This is a poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, often about nature.

a)

expository

b)

free verse

c)

haiku

d)

genre

9.

This is text which tells a story and means the same thing as fiction.

a)

narrative

b)

expository

c)

propaganda/bias

d)

non-fiction

10.

This is writing that is true and factual; the opposite of fiction text.

a)

haiku

b)

non-fiction

c)

fiction

d)

poetry

11.

This is writing that presents ideas and evokes an emotional experience in the reader. This type of writing sometimes uses rhyme and rhythm patterns.

a)

prose

b)

poetry

c)

biography

d)

autobiography

12.

This is writing that is not poetry; includes newspapers, textbooks, novels, letters, etc.

a)

prose

b)

poetry

c)

biography

d)

autobiography

13.

This is writing that is designed to persuade.

a)

expository

b)

biography

c)

propaganda/bias

d)

autobiography

14.

This is the reason an author writes: to persuade, inform, or entertain

a)

expository

b)

author's purpose

c)

biography

d)

genre