WorksheetsGenre Unit Study Guide
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Genre
a)
a category of writing
b)
Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines
c)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines
d)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
2.
Nonfiction
a)
writing that is true
b)
a play or script
c)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
d)
stories once passed down orally
3.
Realistic Fiction
a)
has no elements of fantasy; could be true but isn’t
b)
shaped to look like its subject
c)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
d)
a category of genre
4.
Drama
a)
tells a life story written by oneself
b)
writing that is true
c)
stories once passed down orally
d)
a play or script
5.
Science Fiction
a)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines
b)
has aliens, robots, futuristic technology and/or space ships
c)
Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines
d)
stories once passed down orally
6.
Poetry
a)
writing concerned with the beauty of language
b)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines
c)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
d)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
7.
Argumentative
a)
a category of genre
b)
tries to influence the reader
c)
Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines
d)
a category of writing
8.
Information
a)
explains something to the reader
b)
shaped to look like its subject
c)
stories once passed down orally
d)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
9.
Autobiography
a)
has magic and/or talking animals
b)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
c)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
d)
tells a life story written by oneself
10.
Myth
a)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
b)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines funny, rhyming, and has five lines
c)
has gods/goddesses and usually accounts for the creation of people
d)
a category of writing
11.
Historical Fiction
a)
a category of writing
b)
writing that is true
c)
set in the past and based on real people and/or events
d)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
12.
Fairytale
a)
tells a life story written by oneself
b)
a category of genre
c)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
d)
has magic and/or talking animals
13.
Subgenre
a)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
b)
shaped to look like its subject
c)
tells a life story written by oneself
d)
a section of a larger genre
14.
Folklore
a)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines
b)
writing that is true
c)
stories once passed down orally
d)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
15.
Fiction
a)
writing that is true
b)
a play or script
c)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
d)
writing concerned with the beauty of language
16.
Narrative
a)
tells a story in verse
b)
Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines
c)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines
d)
a category of genre
17.
Fantasy
a)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
b)
has monsters, magic, or characters with superpowers
c)
shaped to look like its subject
d)
tells a life story written by oneself
18.
Fable
a)
short story with personified animals and a moral
b)
writing that is true
c)
Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines
d)
shaped to look like its subject
19.
Free Verse
a)
a category of genre
b)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
c)
writing that is true
d)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
20.
Biography
a)
tells a life story written about someone else
b)
a category of genre
c)
shaped to look like its subject
d)
tells a life story written by oneself
21.
Comedy
a)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
b)
a category of writing
c)
has a happy ending
d)
writing that is true
22.
Haiku
a)
has magic and/or talking animals
b)
does not have set structure, does not rhyme
c)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
d)
Japanese form of poetry about nature, made up of three lines
23.
Tragedy
a)
ends in sadness
b)
shaped to look like its subject
c)
expresses the thoughts and feelings of a single speaker, often in highly musical verse
d)
stories once passed down orally
24.
Limerick
a)
a category of writing
b)
funny, rhyming, and has five lines
c)
has magic and/or talking animals
d)
writing that tells about imaginary characters and events
25.
Select the genre and subgenre that best describes the piece of writing summarized below.
As I Was Saying by Augustus Gluten
Mr. Gluten writes the story of his humble origins as a child in Germany to his meteoric rise to power in the candy industry.
a)
Nonfiction
b)
Autobiography
c)
Fiction
d)
Folklore
e)
Fantasy
26.
Select the genre and subgenre that best describes the piece of writing summarized below.
Bag Lunch by Dillard Perkins
It is the fictional story of two young African American girls living in Greensboro, N.C. in 1960. One day while waiting to buy food at a Woolworth's lunch counter, the girls find themselves at a significant crossroads in American history.
a)
Fiction
b)
Historical Fiction
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Folklore
e)
Fantasy
27.
Select the genre and subgenre that best describes the piece of writing summarized below.
“The Ant & The Grasshopper” Adapted by Chad Peplum
The really short story of an Ant who works hard all summer to prepare for winter and a Grasshopper who just plays. Winter comes and the Grasshopper freezes to death. The moral is “prepare today for tomorrow’s needs.”
a)
Folklore
b)
Fable
c)
Fiction
d)
Nonfiction
e)
Fantasy
28.
Select the genre and subgenre that best describes the piece of writing summarized below.
Journal of a Lumpy Kid by Ken Jiffy
In his first year of middle school, Hank Griffin, the main character of this story deals with “cooties,” older bullies, running for a class election, and other problems that many middle school students face.
a)
Fiction
b)
Realistic Fiction
c)
Nonfiction
d)
Folklore
e)
Fantasy
29.
Select the genre and subgenre that best describes the piece of writing summarized below.
“Reduce, Reuse, Reimagine!” By Sasha Marsh
In this essay, Marsh tries to convince people to do small things to help the environment. She gives readers many suggestions on how to live more eco-friendly and challenges readers to make the world a better place for future generations through small contributions.
a)
Nonfiction
b)
Argumentative
c)
Fiction
d)
Folklore
e)
Fantasy
30.
Select the genre and subgenre that best describes the piece of writing summarized below.
“Dogs and Cats” by Bob Brady
A five-paragraph essay where the student Bob Brady compares and contrasts dogs and cats. He provides a lot of information about both.
a)
Nonfiction
b)
Informational
c)
Fiction
d)
Folklore
e)
Fantasy
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