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Literary Genres

Quiz by Lesly Colon

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  • Q1

    The author writes about his or her memories

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    memoir

    myth

    historical fiction

    biography

    60s
  • Q2

    narrative

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    Informal text dealing with actual, real life subject

    story for stage performance by actors

    tells the story of some else

    60s
  • Q3

    verse and rhythmic writing that create emotional response

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    Users enter free text
    Type an Answer
    60s
  • Q4

    The folk tale is a story that is passed down to teach a lesson

    false
    true
    True or False
    60s
  • Q5

    Usually set in the future or other planets 

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    Users re-arrange answers into correct order
    Jumble
    120s
  • Q6

    Fantasy is a fiction wich invites suspicion of reality

    true
    false
    True or False
    120s
  • Q7

    Anonymous, timeless and placeless story (told rather than written)

    Folk Tale

    Fantasy

    legend

    myth

    120s
  • Q8

    The autobiography is a narrative of a person life's

    true
    false
    True or False
    120s
  • Q9

    stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance

    myth

    Drama

    narrative

    poem

    120s
  • Q10

    traditional tales, usually about Ancient Greek and Roman gods

    narrative

    myth

    poem

    biography

    120s
  • Q11

    The historical fiction is a story with fictional character and event in a historical setting

    true
    false
    True or False
    120s
  • Q12

    Stories that could have actually ocurr

    Realistic fiction

    narrative

    poem

    biography

    120s
  • Q13

    Story for stage performance by actors

    poem

    tall tale 

    autobiography

    play

    120s
  • Q14

    Memoir is the author writes about his or her memories

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    true
    false
    True or False
    120s
  • Q15

    tells the story of some's else

    autobiography

    memoir

    biography

    myth

    120s

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