Literary Genres Quiz 23 (20 MCQs)

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1. The author use descriptive words (appeal to the 5 senses) and many details to tell about a topic.
2. Why is it important to know about genres?
3. ..... refers to a specific type of writing in literature.
4. A story that involves a detective or some kind of puzzle/scenario that needs to be solved.
5. Appeals to logic, credibility, and emotions
6. It would be great If I could skate A figure eight But my poor legs just won't keep straightThis is an example of:
7. This Literary Genre is Notable for its brevity and also known as micro-fiction, micro narrative and sudden fiction
8. Flash fiction is sometimes called .....
9. What is the most compact form of literature?
10. A biography is a person's life and significant events writen by somebody else.
11. Fill in the blank:A story that presents a made up realm in the future and involves advance technology. (e.g. The Hunger Games).
12. Fiction that is based on very believable events which could have really happened
13. The city was still dark and deep in a fitful sleep when Anthony and Carl trudged down the steps of their tenement. They hoped the breadline would not be too long, but they assumed they'd be waiting for hours. They had no choice. After the stock market crashed and the nation plunged into an economic depression, the only way their families could eat was if the boys made it to the line early enough to get some of the food the city was distributing to the poorest residents. Carl joked darkly, "1930 is certainly a bad year to bring an appetite to."
14. Novels in verse are written in.....
15. It is intended to scare and shock the reader while eliciting a sense of terror or dread; may feature scary entities such as ghosts, zombies, evil spirits, etc.
16. Manga is used in the English-speaking world as a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels originally published in .....
17. What Subgenres of Drama that has a humorous drama with a happy ending?
18. The narrator is not a character in the story. Uses "he, she, (name), they, them" and shows the feelings and thoughts of only the main character.
19. Which type of story is orally narrated and reveals a truth about life or something that happens in nature?
20. Essays and anecdotes are examples of .....