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Reading Genres

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
If Helen Keller wrote about her life, it would be a/an ...
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Adventure

2.

A story with suspects, detectives, clues, and usually a crime that needs to be solved.

a)
Mystery
b)
Realistic Fiction
c)
Adventure
d)
Historical Fiction
3.
This genre has characters, settings, and events that could happen in real life.
a)
Fantasy
b)
Tall Tale
c)
Fiction
d)
Realistic Fiction
4.
An INFORMATIONAL text
a)
is fiction
b)
is nonfiction
c)

has things that cannot happen in real life

d)

has been passed on by word-of-mouth

5.
A book about a robot that takes over the world in the year 3000 would be considered...
a)
Fantasy
b)
realistic fiction
c)
biography
d)
science fiction
6.

A book things that cannot happen in real life, such as wizards and magic would be considered...

a)
realistic fiction
b)
autobiography
c)
fantasy
d)
historical fiction
7.
The four types of traditional literature we studied include:
a)

mystery, biography and autobiography

b)
fairytales, fables, myths, and legends
c)

adventure, poetry, fantasy and graphic novels

d)

realistic fiction, historical fiction, and science fiction

8.
A type of writing written to encourage feeling and create a thoughtful response. This type of writing often uses rhyme and rhythm to convey a message.
a)
Traditional Literature 
b)
Fantasy
c)
Poetry
d)
Mystery
9.
If another person wrote about Tiger Woods, it would be a/an ...
a)
Autobiography
b)
Biography
c)
Both
d)
Neither
10.
A story set in a real place in the past (like the Great Depression or World War II) with made up, but believable characters.
a)
Realistic Fiction
b)
Fantasy
c)
Biography
d)
Historical Fiction
11.

A Myth is

a)

an exaggerated story with larger-than-life characters

b)

a fictional story that explains how things happen naturally in the world

c)

a story passed down by word of mouth and told as if it were true

d)

a short folktale, usually with animals that contains a moral or lesson

12.

A Tall Tale is

a)

an exaggerated story with larger-than-life characters

b)

a fictionaly story that explains how things happen naturally in the world

c)

a story passed down by word of mouth and told as if it were true

d)

a short folktale, usually with animals that contains a moral or lesson

13.

A Fable is

a)

an exaggerated story with larger-than-life characters

b)

a fictionaly story that explains how things happen naturally in the world

c)

a story passed down by word of mouth and told as if it were true

d)

a short folktale, usually with animals that contains a moral or lesson

14.

A legend is

a)

an exaggerated story with larger-than-life characters

b)

a fictionaly story that explains how things happen naturally in the world

c)

a story passed down by word of mouth and told as if it were true

d)

a short folktale, usually with animals that contains a moral or lesson

15.

A story that includes action, danger and excitement is called

a)

a fantasy

b)

a realistic fiction

c)

an adventure

d)

a historical fiction