Literary Genres Quiz 19 (60 MCQs)

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1. A true story about a person's life, written by another person. 3rd-person point-of-view (Una historia real sobre la vida de una persona, escrita por otra persona. Punto de vista en tercera persona)
2. Hubris is type of
3. Short essay that details with a single subject or event
4. A story about a real person's life that is written by that same person.
5. It is a characteristic of a literary genre (often unrealistic) that is understood and accepted by audiences because it has come, through usage and time, to be recognized as a familiar technique.
6. It is also known as "*Japanese word for comics" .
7. The Harry Potter series, Twilight series, and Lord of the Rings series are all part of what genre
8. Books that contain true facts about a variety of subjects
9. A traditional story with a moral that has been handed down by people of a region from one generation to the next is called a .....
10. A story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers.
11. Imagine you're a time traveler, hopping through different eras. You come across stories that have been shared from one generation to the next, often teaching a valuable lesson. Can you guess which genre these stories belong to?
12. A genre that has a unique look on the page, contains imagery, sound effects, rhythm, and rhyme is known as
13. Language used is figurative and rhythmical.
14. A work of non-fiction usually based on one's own personal knowledge or experience
15. If I were to write a story about MYSELF, what genre would it be?
16. Stories that seem like they could be true and are set in modern times
17. What is the basic and common plot structure of a story that follows a beginning, middle, and end?
18. Can books or short stories fit into more than one genre?
19. What are the two genres of literature?
20. A story. Some are fiction or made up, and others describe events that really occurred.
21. ..... an educational tool for kids mostly and it has a standard
22. Which genre often tells a story and includes characters, plot, and setting?
23. These books have magic in them and even in the future with technology cannot ever happen. (Think walking through walls of a train station).
24. A very brief story, told to illustrate a point or serve as an example of something, is an example of what?
25. The story of a real person's life written by another person.
26. In ....., humans do impossible tasks such as blowing out the moonlight.
27. Story about make-believe beings and events
28. Transcendentalism is a .....
29. What is the main characteristic of historical fiction?
30. The alien ship hovered above the landing pad. The ground crew waited expectantly, hoping the ship would touch down without incident. Sure, they had a lot of shuttle traffic at the spaceport every day, but this would be the first time a ship from another planet would touch down.
31. Which genre is a story from ancient times that explains certain aspects of life and nature?
32. A 21st century literature with futuristic setting and involves supernatural elements.
33. A fictional story that is usually more than one hundred pages long.
34. Which genre usually has a complex plot and multiple themes?
35. Defined as movies and novels in which a story is made up but is set in the past and sometimes borrows true characteristics of the time period in which it is set. (Defined as films and novels in which a story is invented, but which takes place in the past and sometimes borrows real characteristics from the time period in which it is set.)
36. Stories once passed down orally
37. A fiction story set in the past with events that teach readers what life was like at that time in history is .....
38. ..... is a story that is not real, usually in an imaginary world.
39. The intention of dramatists is to make their audience laugh.
40. It does not pay attention to rhyme or rhythm.
41. What type of writing is an article about World War II?
42. BIOGRAPHY AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY BELONG TO THE GENRE OF NON FICTION
43. A book about Justin Bieber's life that is written by Justin Bieber is an example of what literary genre?
44. First published as a teleplay in 1954, how does this text reveal the traditions or culture of its writer's time?
45. The supply ship was scheduled to arrive within the hour, and it would be just in time. The Mars colony was successful, but the farmers had still not mastered the art of teasing crops from the iron-rich, red soil. Most of the settlers relied on the dried food brought by the supply ship. It had been so long that most families had been subsisting on rice and the few skinny ears of corn they had managed to grow.
46. Text the uses rhythm and will sometimes rhyme.
47. A genre of fiction that is set in the past and involves real people, places, or significant events from history.
48. Fictional story with a clear beginning, middle, and end.
49. Pranking Mommy Pinty:Alex's Vlog
50. Written with a careful balance of research and creativity, they transport readers to another time and place-which can be real, imagined, or a combination of both.
51. Everyman is an example of ..... and it aims to give morals
52. A category of literature is called a .....
53. Lance tells the true story of his own adventure into outer space. Legstrong was once an underachiever with a troubled past, until one day a teacher influences him positively. Lance describes how he worked hard from that point on until getting accepted into an experimental NASA space program and going to the moon. Lance shares with readers the many life lessons he has learned in this exciting text.
54. This genre uses kinesthesia, a literary device that describes the action or movement of a person or an object.
55. Which of the following works is NOT a Fantasy story?
56. The genre that contains written works in which special attention is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm is
57. It is a genre that uses handwritten drawings with texts.
58. This book is about person but the author is different.
59. Which genre uses figurative language and poetic devices such as similes and metaphors?
60. ..... includes writing that is real and factual, or that actually happened.