Genre - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What is genre?

The way our genes work

A category or style

An older generation

It's short for general realism

2.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre is this novel?

Sci fi

Action

Horror

Fantasy

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre do you think this novel might be?

Sci fi

Action

Horror

Fantasy

4.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre do you think this novel might be?

Sci fi

Action

Horror

Fantasy

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre do you think this novel might be?

Horror

Action

Sci fi

Fantasy

6.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Stories that are intended to scare a reader. Often feature unexplained deaths, innocent victims, evil forces, violence, demons, or monsters

Fantasy

Biography

Horror

Fairy tale

7.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A humorously exaggerated story about impossible events

fable

tall tale

legend

epic

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Type of fiction that is highly imaginative and unrealistic. Often features mysterious forests, dark castles, magical powers, and mythical creatures.

historical fiction

fable

fantasy

epic

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Genre where a true account of a person's life is written by another person

autobiograph

memoir

article

biography

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Genre where the writing is about real people, places, and events

nonfiction

fiction

poem

drama

11.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Genre that is a brief tale told to illustrate a moral or teach a lesson

fable

tall tale

myth

historical fiction

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Genre where aliens, outer space, other worlds or futuristic technology might be...

fantasy

science fiction

essay

tragedy

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre is a traditional story once widely believed to be true?

tall tale

fantasy

myth

nonfiction

14.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre is a short story or novel with setting and details that include real places and events from the past?

nonfiction

fantasy

poetry

historical fiction

15.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What genre does a writer's account of his or her own life fall into?

biography

autobiography

fable

memoir

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