Literary Genres Quiz 14 (60 MCQs)

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1. It uses blogs, emails, and IM format narratives.Stories told almost entirely in dialogue simulating social network exchanges.
2. The children lined up outside the school house waiting for their teacher, Ms. Maple, to arrive. They ranged in age from seven to seventeen, and while there were only ten of them, they were the largest student-body ever to attend the Darlington School. Erick hoped he'd be able to stay for the entire term this year. Last year, he'd had to leave before the end to help his father on the farm. But, this year, his father had hired someone to help. Erick hoped he'd finish this year, and by 1900, be in Chicago attending medical school.
3. All are narrative conventions EXCEPT.....
4. A tall tale is about an ordinary person who does not have any special abilities.
5. VERSE is a single metrical line in a poetic composition; one line of poetry
6. A mystery is often about .....
7. Fill in the blank:Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly ..... children.
8. A fictional story that revolves around discovering secrets or solving crimes.
9. Dribble also known as the minisaga for 50 words
10. Which genre uses digital media and interactive elements to engage readers?
11. Destiny, Angela, and Porter are at a local bookstore. They find a book that depicts events, characters, and settings that could actually happen in our world. Can you identify the genre of this book?
12. A genre of literature, film, and television that is meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse audiences.
13. A fictional work of shorter length; usually read in one sitting; few characters
14. This is a fictional story set in a backdrop of real characters and events from history
15. War Bride:The Gloria Rose Story by Donald Morton The year is 1941 and America has just declared war on Germany. Gloria Rose is a young Australian girl who falls for a dashing American service man named Robert Mallon. Robert was only temporarily stationed in Australia, and when he is called off to duty, Gloria marries him so that they can maintain their relationship. After the war is ends, Robert seeks to bring Gloria back to America as a citizen, but guess what? She's not the only war bride. Tens of thousands of GIs were married to foreigners during World War II and the State Department had to carefully screen each of them. Follow Gloria as she embarks on the journey of a lifetime.Genre ..... Subgenre:Historical Fiction
16. Stories that come out of the oral tradition of the American frontier; typically involve characters with highly exaggerated abilities and qualities; told primarily for entertainment
17. Who would be the author of a Michael Jordan autobiography?
18. Which is Nonfiction?
19. What was the purpose of Paul's travels in the book of Acts?
20. ..... writing explains something.
21. Which genre is a story that has been handed down from generation to generation?
22. Angela, Porter, and Riddick are in a library searching for a book to read for their book club. They want to explore a genre that is filled with imaginary worlds, magical creatures, and supernatural elements. Which genre should they choose?
23. True story of a real person's life from the past or present written by that person. True story of the life of a real person from the past or present written by that person.
24. What are stories with fairies, magical creatures, princes, and princesses?
25. How might readers determine that Gary Soto's "Oranges" is set in the past?
26. Which is more didactic?
27. A book that is based in the present or future and may involve space, science, technology, robots, or aliens.
28. Also known as literary non-fiction or narrative non-fiction.Contrasts with other non-fiction, such as technical writing or journalism, which is also rooted in accurate fact, but is not primarily written in service to its craft.
29. This is prose non-fiction which is a formal treatment of an issue written from the writer's personal point of view.
30. Fiction in which characters / setting is widly imaginative or impossible, magic, etc.
31. Writers in this genre drops clues and slowly reveal information, turning the reader into a detective trying to solve the case, too. This novels start with an exciting hook, keep readers interested with suspenseful pacing, and end with a satisfying conclusion that answers all of the reader's outstanding questions.
32. This is a work of fiction full of fun, fancy and excitement meant to entertain.
33. What is the main difference between drama and fiction?
34. It is the collective term for literary works that maximize the features and explore the contexts of personal and network computers.
35. Japanese word for comics
36. AN EXAMPLE OF SCIENCE FICTION BOOK IS THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL BY ANNE FRANK
37. What would be the best resource to use if you needed another word for "quiet?"
38. Which literary genre often teaches a moral, typically with animals as characters?
39. In the following quotation from the psalms, identify which literary tool (simile, metaphor, repetition, or synonym) is being used."He is like a tree planted by streams of water."
40. When you feel extreme suffering this is called .....
41. A story about a real person's life that is written by herself or himself.
42. The narrator is a character in the story. Uses "me, my, I, we" and shows the main character's feelings.
43. It is a division or type of literature
44. Which genre? "Percy Jackson and the Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan. It's not every day you find yourself in combat with a half lion, half human. But when you are the son of a Greek god it happens. And now my friend Annabeth is missing, a goddess is in chains and only five half-blood heroes can join the quest to defeat the doomsday monster.
45. A rascal character experiences adventures and goes through no or slight change of character development
46. Novels are an example of
47. A play, on stage, real characters, visual, dialogues and monologues
48. This refers to the categories according to which literary works are commonly classified and may imply a set of conventions related to a particular genre.
49. A story that is made up but could happen in real life.
50. It is a genre of speculative fiction dealing with imaginative concepts such as futuristic science and technology, space travel, time travel, faster than light travel, a parallel universe and extra-terrestrial life.
51. Identify the genre:Stories that were passed down by word of mouth from one generation to another. Often, there are many versions of the same story.
52. A story including elements that could not really happen. May include magic or talking animals.
53. A text that included steps for making a recipe would be which of the following purposes?
54. Which are the general categories of conflict?
55. Stage is the theatrical equipment such as curtains, flats, backdrops or platforms used in a dramatic production.
56. A folktale that is humorous and full of exaggeration. (Un cuento popular divertido y lleno de exageraciones.)
57. It is a type of fiction in which the author, the narrator, or the main character directly speaks to the reader.
58. This genre provides true facts and information about different subjects. I can include charts and graphs.
59. States a position; includes a claim, reasons, and evidence
60. A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers. Make-believe is what this genre is all about.