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Grade 6 Identifying Genre
What genre is a type of fantasy that uses science and technology?
  1. science fiction
  2. historical fiction
  3. poetry
  4. informational
Grade 5 Identifying Genre
Which is not a non-fiction text?
  1. Atlas
  2. Science textbook
  3. Biography
  4. Cinderella
Grade 6 Identifying Genre
Which plot is from the fantasy genre?
  1. a princess must escape from an evil dragon's castle
  2. citizens have just learned that a giant meteoroid has wiped out the eastern seaboard
  3. a young boy finds his lost dog by placing an ad in a local paper
  4. a person learns a lesson by the actions of someone else in the story
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
A biography is considered fiction.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Identifying Genre
Which of the following is not a literary genre?
  1. non fiction
  2. drama
  3. poetry
  4. alliteration
Grade 3 Identifying Genre
Usually short writing that sometimes rhymes or has rhythm.
  1. Drama
  2. Poetry
  3. Fiction
  4. Nonfiction
Grade 4 Identifying Genre
A folktale is a:
  1. story where the characters things real people can't
  2. old cultural stories handed down from earlier times
  3. stories that teach a lesson
Grade 7 Identifying Genre
When you read a nonfiction text you should                                 .
  1. set a purpose then skim the text
  2. skim the text then set a purpose
  3. skim
  4. set a purpose
Grade 6 Identifying Genre
Which character is least likely to appear in a fantasy?
  1. a unicorn
  2. a scientist
  3. a talking tree
  4. a famous person
Grade 6 Identifying Genre
Which character is least likely to appear in a fantasy?
  1. a unicorn
  2. a talking tree
  3. a scientist
  4. a fairy godmother
Grade 5 Identifying Genre
This type of fiction is set in the past and portrays people, places, and events that did or could have happened:
  1. Historical Fiction
  2. Non-Fiction
  3. Realistic Fiction
  4. None of the above
Grade 8 Identifying Genre
A person's life story written by another person.
  1. Nonfiction
  2. Autobiography
  3. Biography
  4. Life story
Grade 4 Identifying Genre CCSS: CCRA.R.9, RL.4.9
Joey loves to read fables. When he reads a story, he knows it's a fable because:
  1. fables usually have a happy ending.
  2. fables use a variety of characters to tell about a story that really happened.
  3. fables usually have magic in them.
  4. fables usually have animal characters that talk and act like people.
Grade 6 Identifying Genre
What type of story would have a wizard as the main character?
  1. fantasy
  2. mystery
  3. science fiction
  4. realistic fiction
Grade 3 Identifying Genre
The events of the story and characters are real.
  1. Nonfiction
  2. Fiction
  3. Poetry
  4. Drama
Grade 12 Identifying Genre
A technical document should do all of the following except:
  1. Help readers solve problems
  2. Use design to increase readability
  3. Reflect the values of the individual
  4. Consist of words, images, or both
  5. Address a particular audience
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