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Literary Genres

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a story that includes a lot of action, danger, and excitement?

a)

Mystery

b)

Adventure

c)

Legends

d)

Drama

2.
What is a written account of someone's life that they've written about themselves?
a)
Adventure
b)
Fables
c)
Mystery
d)
Autobiography
3.
What genre has the author tell the story of a real person's life?
a)
Fairy Tales
b)
Biography
c)
Legends
d)
Realistic Fiction
4.
What is a play for theater, radio, or television that tells a story?
a)
Poetry
b)
Drama
c)
Fairy Tales
d)
Tall Tales
5.
What are short folktales that have a moral or lesson, and usually have animal characters?
a)
Fables
b)
Science Fiction
c)
Autobiography
d)
Fairy Tales
6.
What are stories with fairies, magical creatures, princes, and princesses?
a)
Folktales
b)
Fairy Tales
c)
Autobiography
d)
Graphic Novel
7.
What is a story with make-believe elements and characters, such as magic and fairies?
a)
Fantasy
b)
Adventure
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Historical Fiction
8.
What are stories passed down orally from generation to generation?
a)
Graphic Novel
b)
Historical Fiction
c)
Folktales
d)
Adventure
9.
What is a story that uses comic strip?
a)
Science Fiction
b)
Graphic Novel
c)
Tall Tales
d)
Fables
10.
What is a fictional story that takes place in the past during a significant time?
a)
Historical Fiction
b)
Legends
c)
Adventure
d)
Mystery
11.
What are traditional stories handed down from earlier times, and accepted as historical?
a)
Drama
b)
Biography
c)
Myths
d)
Legends
12.
What is a story about a puzzling event that doesn't get solved until the end?
a)
Folktales
b)
Mystery
c)
Biography
d)
Poetry
13.
What are stories passed down from various cultures to explain natural things in the world?
a)
Adventure
b)
Fairy Tales
c)
Realistic Fiction
d)
Myths
14.
What is an informational text that informs the reader about a particular topic?
a)
Fables
b)
Nonfiction
c)
Drama
d)
Historical Fiction
15.
What is writing that has a musical rhythm and expresses the author's emotion?
a)
Biography
b)
Graphic Novel
c)
Poetry
d)
Fantasy
16.
What is a story that could happen in real life, but the plot and characters are fictional?
a)
Realistic Fiction
b)
Adventure
c)
Science Fiction
d)
Drama
17.
What is a story that combines futuristic technology with scientific fact and fiction?
a)
Science Fiction
b)
Biography
c)
Folktales
d)
Myths
18.
What is an exaggerated story with larger than life characters?
a)
Autobiography
b)
Fantasy
c)
Tall Tales
d)
Fables