Genre Question Preview (ID: 32192)


Genre Categories And Subcategories. TEACHERS: click here for quick copy question ID numbers.

a true and factual story of someone's life written by someone else.
a) autobiography
b) poetry
c) folktale
d) biography

Stories that take place in the past and are from an author's imagination. May have some true facts. Have historical settings
a) realistic fiction
b) historical fiction
c) science fiction
d) mystery

Stories that are true to life, but are mostly from an author's imagination
a) historical fiction
b) science fiction
c) realistic fiction
d) fantasy

gives factual and true information (like a textbook)
a) realistic fiction
b) biography
c) fantasy
d) informational

Verses using sounds, rhythm, and varied word choices.
a) fiction
b) non-fiction
c) folktale
d) poetry

Stories that use real people, settings, and plots to convey actual events.
a) fiction
b) non-fiction
c) folktale
d) poetry

Skits, musicals, plays, and songs
a) fiction
b) non-fiction
c) folktale
d) drama

Exaggerated stories that are shared over generations by word of mouth to convey a tradition.
a) fiction
b) non-fiction
c) folktale
d) drama

Stories that use characters, setting, and plots to convey events that are NOT real.
a) fiction
b) non-fiction
c) folktale
d) poetry

A type of fantasy that uses science and technology.
a) myth
b) tall tale
c) science fiction
d) fable

Made up stories that have some element that could not be true or happen in this world.
a) fiction
b) fantasy
c) mystery
d) fable

Imaginative stories that deal with the solution to a secret, problem, or crime.
a) tall tale
b) mystery
c) myth
d) fiction

A story from the past that is historical, but untrue (like Big Foot)
a) tall tale
b) legend
c) myth
d) fable

A story from the past that is historical, but untrue. Usually teaches a moral or lesson.
a) tall tale
b) legend
c) myth
d) fable

has a hero larger than life, like Pecos Bill
a) tall tale
b) legend
c) fable
d) myth

contans magical elements, and usually has a happy ending
a) folktale
b) fairytale
c) tall tale
d) fantasy

Tells how things in nature come to be, contains gods and goddesses
a) legend
b) myth
c) folktale
d) fantasy

a true and factual story about someone's life written by themselves
a) biography
b) journal
c) diary
d) autobiography

Play Games with the Questions above at ReviewGameZone.com
To play games using the questions from above, visit ReviewGameZone.com and enter game ID number: 32192 in the upper right hand corner or click here.

TEACHERS / EDUCATORS
Log In
| Sign Up / Register