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Genres of Literature

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Factual writing about real people, places, things, or events

a)

Fiction

b)

Historical Fiction

c)

Realistic Fiction

d)

Nonfiction

2.

Old stories passed down orally through generations

a)

Mystery

b)

Myth

c)

Folktale

d)

Fantasy

3.

A true story about a person written by someone else

a)

Biography

b)

Realistic fiction

c)

Autobiography

d)

Fable

4.

Folktales about real-life problems and usually includes magic

a)

Fantasy

b)

Fable

c)

Fairytale

d)

Myth

5.

A work of fiction with secrets orcsrimes to be solved

a)

Mystery

b)

Mythology

c)

Drama

d)

Autobiography

6.

Imaginative writing about another world

a)

Myth

b)

Fantasy

c)

Biography

d)

Fable

7.

A true story of a person written by the person it is about

a)

Historical Fiction

b)

Biography

c)

Autobiography

d)

Realistic Fiction

8.

A folktale considered sacred that explains how something came to be

a)

Drama

b)

Myth

c)

Fairytale

d)

Historical Fiction

9.

A work written to be performed

a)

Fable

b)

Mystery

c)

Nonfiction

d)

Drama

10.

A made up story set in the past but can include some facts

a)

BIography

b)

Autobiography

c)

Fantasy

d)

Historical Fiction

11.

A folktale with a moral and often animals as main characters

a)

Fable

b)

Limerick

c)

Fairytale

d)

Drama

12.

What is the difference between a short story and a novel?

a)

There is no difference

b)

Subject matter

c)

Length

d)

One is fiction. One is nonfiction.

13.

A thrilling story about a perplexing event that is not solved until the end of the story.

a)

myth

b)

tall tale

c)

mystery

d)

fairy tale

14.

It is real and factual. It deals with actual people, places and events

a)

tall tale

b)

poetry

c)

nonfiction

15.

Verses that often rhyme and evoke feeling.

a)

drama

b)

poetry

c)

mystery

d)

science fiction

16.

A type of folk tale that is greatly exaggerated.

a)

tall tale

b)

autobiography

c)

biography

d)

nonfiction

17.

A specific category or type of story is called a _______.

a)

legend

b)

genre

c)

fables

d)

rug

18.

A story from the past that may or may not be entirely true is a _______________.

a)

legend

b)

fairy tale

c)

genre

d)

book report

19.

The story of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" is a ______________?

a)

biography

b)

autobiography

c)

fairy tale

d)

journal

20.

In fables, animals speak and act like people to teach the reader a lesson. The lesson is the _____________ of the story.

a)

beginning

b)

middle

c)

moral

d)

author

21.

The history of a person's life is a _________________?

a)

bibliography

b)

thesaurus

c)

encyclopedia

d)

biography

22.

A story by any author all about his own life is a(an) _____________________?

a)

nursery rhyme

b)

biography

c)

autobiography

d)

science fiction

23.

What does fiction mean?

a)

a story that has real facts

b)

a fairy tale

c)

a story that the author made up

d)

the life of a person

24.

A fictional story that takes place in the past ; the setting is often real and the characters are usually made up.

a)

mystery

b)

poetry

c)

historical fiction

d)

informational

25.

Stories that could have actually occurred in a believable setting.

a)

fantasy

b)

biography

c)

realistic fiction

d)

poetry

26.

A type of fantasy that weaves science and technology into its story.

a)

author

b)

science fiction

c)

nonfiction

d)

book report

27.

A famous folk tale about a magic giant who lives in the sky is______________.

a)

Cinderella

b)

The Three Little Pigs

c)

Jack and the Beanstalk

d)

The Mouse and the Motorcycle

28.

An example of a fairy tale with imaginary beings is __________.

a)

Peter Pan

b)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

c)

George Washington

d)

Johnny Appleseed