Literary Genre Quick Check

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Select the best answer for each question.

True or False? Historical fiction includes futuristic technology and concepts like time travel.

True

False

Folktale

Biography

Autobiography

Informational Text

Mystery

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Realistic Fiction

Mostly by Aesop

Teach a lesson or morale

Has nonhuman characters

Has human characters

A story handed down by word of mouth about people

A story with obvious exaggerations and impossible tasks

A story about a national or folk hero with some exaggeration

A story about how humans act and how nature impacts humans

Good vs. Evil

Good usually wins

"Happily ever after"

Many stories are about gods

True

False

Stories about gods from long ago

talking animals

solving crimes

living happily ever after

_______ is the key element for the fantasy genre.

_______ and _______ are the two main categories of literary genre.

True or False? Historical fiction includes futuristic technology and concepts like time travel.

True

False

Which of the following is NOT a type of nonfiction genre?

Folktale

Biography

Autobiography

Informational Text

What literary genre involves solving a crime?

Mystery

Science Fiction

Fantasy

Realistic Fiction

Select all of the key features of a fable.

Mostly by Aesop

Teach a lesson or morale

Has nonhuman characters

Has human characters

Which is the definition of a tall tale?

A story handed down by word of mouth about people

A story with obvious exaggerations and impossible tasks

A story about a national or folk hero with some exaggeration

A story about how humans act and how nature impacts humans

What are the characteristcs of fairy tales?

Good vs. Evil

Good usually wins

"Happily ever after"

Many stories are about gods

True or false, folktales can include other literary genres?

True

False

What do myths commonly feature?

Stories about gods from long ago

talking animals

solving crimes

living happily ever after

Fantasy

Historical _____

Tall Tale

Biography

Informational Text

Fairytale

Mystery

Autobiography

Legend

Fable

Realistic _____

Myth

Adventure

Folktale

Science _____

Fiction

Nonfiction