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Genre

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does genre mean?

a)

the type of text you are reading

b)

book

c)

movie

d)

fiction

e)

male

2.

Fantasy is a type of _____________ book.

a)

nonfictional

b)

mystery

c)

fictional

d)

history

3.

Which of these answers is a type of nonfiction booK?

a)

fantasy

b)

mystery

c)

biography

d)

poetry

4.

Which of these is in the fiction category?

a)

history book

b)

science book

c)

newspaper

d)

drama

5.

My Life in Dog Years by Gary Paulsen was a

a)

memoir

b)

folktale

c)

legend

d)

myth

6.

Which one of these is a part of a poem?

a)

paragraph

b)

stanza

c)

index

d)

table of contents

7.

How does knowing a book's genre make reading easier?

a)

Books are shorter

b)

You can skip parts of the book

c)

You can predict what might happen in the book

d)

You know how it ends

8.

What fiction genre is impossible?

a)

Realistic Fiction

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Fantasy

d)

Mystery

9.

A drama is meant to

a)

inform you about what is actually happening in the world right now.

b)

to be performed on stage.

c)

to persuade you.

d)

to express an emotion that the author is feeling.

10.

An informational text

a)

is about an emotion an author wants to express.

b)

is meant to entertain you.

c)

is meant to be performed on a stage.

d)

is meant to give you facts and teach you about something.

11.

An argumentative essay is

a)

should be performed on a stage and has many actors.

b)

is teaching you a lesson.

c)

trying to persuade you about something.

d)

is meant to entertain you.