WorksheetsPSSA Vocabulary Review: Types of Writing
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
This is the story of a person's life written by him/herself.
expository
biography
autobiography
haiku
This is the story of a person's life written by someone other than the subject of the piece.
expository
biography
autobiography
haiku
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.
descriptive
biography
autobiography
prose
This is any story that is the product of imagination rather than a story of fact.
expository
genre
non-fiction
fiction
This is a type of poetry that lacks regular metrical rhyme patterns or rhythm patterns.
fiction
non-fiction
haiku
free verse
This is a category used to classify literary works into different types of writing.
genre
propaganda/bias
author's purpose
free verse
This is another name for non-fiction text that is written primarily to convey factual information.
fiction
haiku
expository
genre
This is a poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern, often about nature.
expository
free verse
haiku
genre
This is text which tells a story and means the same thing as fiction.
narrative
expository
propaganda/bias
non-fiction
This is writing that is true and factual; the opposite of fiction text.
haiku
non-fiction
fiction
poetry
This is writing that presents ideas and evokes an emotional experience in the reader. This type of writing sometimes uses rhyme and rhythm patterns.
prose
poetry
biography
autobiography
This is writing that is not poetry; includes newspapers, textbooks, novels, letters, etc.
prose
poetry
biography
autobiography
This is writing that is designed to persuade.
expository
biography
propaganda/bias
autobiography
This is the reason an author writes: to persuade, inform, or entertain
expository
author's purpose
biography
genre
