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Genres

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What style has the following characteristics?

1. Presentation of facts.

2. Easy to understand language.

3. Propaganda of ideas.

4. Persuasion of the masses.

a)

Official documents

b)

Publicistic

c)

Informal

d)

Scientific

2.

Which style has the following genres: monography, lecture, article, report, dictionary, textbook, presentation?

a)

Publicistic

b)

Scientific

c)

Official documents

d)

Belles-lettres

3.

Which style is characterized by emotionality and imagery, and expresses the thoughts and feelings of an author through elevated vocabulary and a combination of different styles?

a)

Belles Lettres

b)

Informal

c)

Scientific

d)

Publicistic

4.

Choose the right term for the following definition:

Lyrical genre, triumphant poem with elevated mood, glorifying an event, phenomenon or a person.

a)

Ode

b)

Epigram

c)

Comedy

d)

Poem

5.

The writing on the tombstone is an example of...

a)

Paroemia

b)

Legend

c)

Melodrama

d)

Epitaph

6.

A comedy without any moral intentions, based on a comical situation, represented by simple poetry, deluted with songs, dancing or magical tricks.

a)

Vaudeville

b)

Novella

c)

Elegy

d)

Invective

7.

Ballad is a subgenre of...

a)

Lyric genre

b)

Epic genre

c)

Lyrico-epic genre

d)

Dramatic genre

8.

A... is a short story which employs animals, objects, plants as the main characters and usually has some lessons to illustrate to the readers.

a)

Parable

b)

Sonnet

c)

Poem

d)

Sketch

9.

War and Peace, Witcher, Game of Thrones, Diary of a Whimpy Kid, Twilight, Harry Potter are all examples of...

a)

Legend

b)

Saga

c)

Hymn

d)

Tragic comedy

10.

A ... is a genre which is based on exaggerations, caricatures and grotesque appearance of the characters. In the theater context this is a play in which actors normally would get hurt is a comical way.

a)

tragedy

b)

stapstick comedy

c)

tragic comedy

d)

sketch