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Literary Genres Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins

Name

Class

Date

What's the Genre?

Folktales

Fantasy

Biography

Historical Fiction

Identify the genre...

Realistic Fiction

Fantasy

Poetry

Mystery

Do you know what genre I am?

Mystery

Fantasy

Science Fiction

What genre am I?

Science Fiction

Mystery

Nonfiction

Poetry

What are we?

Fantasy

Folktales

Historical Fiction

Nonfiction

The family filed into the theater and took their seats. Rebecca spoke up, “Why is that white sheet hanging there? Where will the actors stand?” Her father shushed her. “There won’t be any actors, at least not in front of us.” The theater grew dark, and suddenly, a loud clicking sound came from behind them. Rebecca turned to see a man operating a large machine that seemed to shoot out a beam of light. Her father tapped her shoulder and pointed. “Look!” Rebecca looked at the sheet where suddenly there appeared pictures of people. Moving pictures of people. She gasped. “What is this called?” she asked. Her dad chuckled. “It’s a movie, and someday you’ll be able to see one in any town in the country.”

realistic fiction

science fiction

historical fiction

fantasy

The supply ship was scheduled to arrive within the hour, and it would be just in time. The Mars colony was successful, but the farmers had still not mastered the art of teasing crops from the iron-rich, red soil. Most of the settlers relied on the dried food brought by the supply ship. It had been so long that most families had been subsisting on rice and the few skinny ears of corn they had managed to grow.

realistic fiction

science fiction

historical fiction

fantasy

At that moment Gandalf lifted his staff, and crying aloud he smote the bridge before him. The staff broke asunder and fell from his hand. A blinding sheet of white flame sprang up. The bridge cracked. Right at the Balrog’s feet it broke, and the stone upon which it stood crashed into the gulf, while the rest remained, poised, quivering like a tongue of rock thrust out into emptiness.
With a terrible cry the Balrog fell forward, and its shadow plunged down and vanished. But even as it fell it swung its whip, and the thongs lashed and curled about the wizard’s knees, dragging him to the brink. He staggered and fell, grasped vainly at the stone, and slid into the abyss. ‘Fly, you fools! ‘ he cried, and was gone.

realistic fiction

science fiction

historical fiction

fantasy

The children lined up outside the school house waiting for their teacher, Ms. Maple, to arrive. They ranged in age from seven to seventeen, and while there were only ten of them, they were the largest student-body ever to attend the Darlington School. Erick hoped he’d be able to stay for the entire term this year. Last year, he’d had to leave before the end to help his father on the farm. But, this year, his father had hired someone to help. Erick hoped he’d finish this year, and by 1900, be in Chicago attending medical school.

realistic fiction

science fiction

historical fiction

fantasy

10.

Timmy woke up with a start. He looked around the classroom. Where was everyone? He wandered out of the room and down the deserted hall, peering into every classroom. Empty, all empty. Suddenly, he heard the sound of horses galloping. He ran to a window and peered out. The street outside the school was crowded with what could only be ...giant rabbits? Suddenly, the front doors of the school opened and hundreds of rabbits streamed out. Timmy watched in horror as he realized the rabbits had once been his classmates. Scott was now a rabbit with a blue Mohawk. Terri was a small white rabbit wearing a Harvard sweatshirt. What happened?

realistic fiction

science fiction

historical fiction

fantasy

11.

BONUS...what sub-genre does this describe?

Comedy

Romance

Graphic Novel

Thriller

12.

Tink was not all bad: or, rather, she was all bad just now, but, on the other hand, sometimes she was all good. Fairies have to be one thing or the other, because being so small they unfortunately have room for one feeling only at a time. They are, however, allowed to change, only it must be a complete change.

realistic fiction

science fiction

historical fiction

fantasy

13.

A group or collection of books with a similar theme or style is called a

story

fiction

list

genre

14.

The genre of books that involve a suspenseful event (often a crime) is

adventure

romance

mystery

horror

15.

The genre of books that are historically accurate portrayals of life during a particular time in history is

fantasy

historical fiction

science fiction

fairy tales

16.

The genre that contains stories that use interplay of text and illustrations in a comic-strip format to tell a story is a

picture book

romance

genre

graphic novel

17.

Stories set in the American Old West frontier in the late 18th or early 19th century are

westerns

horrors

dystopians

adventures

18.

The genre that contains stories where a sport has an impact on the plot or a main character is

mystery

science fiction

sports

western

19.

The genre that contains written works in which special attention is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm is

poetry

dystopian

myth

humor

20.

The genre that contains stories concerning history of people that explains natural or social phenomenon, often involving supernatural beings or events is a

western

myth

tall tale

biography

21.

What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?

4 lines

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Literary Genres Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 4hrs 30mins

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