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Genre Characteristics

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of poetry?

a)

stanza

b)

rhyme

c)

line length

d)

character foil

2.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of drama?

a)

caption

b)

dialogue

c)

script

d)

monologue

3.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of fiction?

a)

falling action

b)

position

c)

relationships

d)

conflict

4.

Which of these is NOT a characteristic of literary non-fiction?

a)

epigraph

b)

autobiography

c)

line length

d)

actual event

5.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the expository genre?

a)

guide word

b)

evidence

c)

faulty reasoning

d)

fact

6.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of persuasive text?

a)

false dilemma

b)

proposition

c)

merit

d)

word position

7.

These characteristics belong to what genre? Epigraph, autobiography, actual event

a)

drama

b)

literary nonfiction

c)

expository

d)

fiction

8.

These characteristics belong to what genre? Exaggeration, false dilemma, central argument

a)

poetry

b)

drama

c)

persuasive

d)

literary nonfiction

9.

These characteristics belong to what genre? Key word, article, organizational pattern

a)

fiction

b)

expository

c)

drama

d)

persuasive

10.

These characteristics belong to what genre? Plot, foreshadow, tone

a)

fiction

b)

poetry

c)

expository

d)

literary nonfiction

11.

To which genre do these characteristics belong? Stage directions, playwright, dialogue

a)

poetry

b)

expository

c)

drama

d)

persuasive

12.

To which genre do these characteristics belong? Meter, word position, line length

a)

fiction

b)

drama

c)

poetry

d)

persuasive