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Genres Of Writing Quiz 1 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which genre is known for its ability to evoke fear and suspense in the audience?
2. What do you call an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning, sound and rhythmic language choices to evoke an emotional response. It has been known to employ meter and rhyme. The very nature of poetry as an authentic and individual mode of expression makes it nearly impossible to define.
3. Which genre contains a thesis statement?
4. A story about someone's life, it can be written by the person themselves or another author.
5. A genre of writing that involves magical elements and fantastical worlds, often including mythical creatures and magical powers.
6. Which genre should include a question in the introduction?
7. In this genre the audience is given serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. This type of genre shows us human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between.
8. This genre is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust it's audience. Often the central menace of a story on this type of genre can be interpreted as a metaphor for the larger fears of a society.
9. The Hunger Games series that explores dystopian or postapocalyptic themes is an example of this literary genre.
10. A genre of writing that explores futuristic concepts, advanced technology, and often speculative scientific discoveries.
11. What's a defining trait of blogs?
12. Read the prompt below. Then, choose the genre that matches the prompt.Think of ways for students to stay healthy. Tell what a student should and should not do to stay healthy.
13. How do personal narratives differ from other writing forms?
14. Which of the following is NOT TRUE about Stage Directions?
15. Claims in an argumentative essays are
16. Fill in the blank with the best choice:Thanks to Mr. Neal's help, I made a ..... improvement in math class!
17. Read the prompt below. Then, choose the genre that matches the prompt.Is a cat or a dog a better pet? Give at least three good reasons to support your answer.
18. Expository writing is when
19. For this genre, the writer must spend plenty of time on world building. It is set in an imaginary world but the emphasis is not science. It is usually based on myths and legends.
20. This genre typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
21. What genre typically involves stories set in the past, often with historical events or figures?
22. Travelogues typically include:
23. Fill in the blank with the best choice:The ..... of this study group is to prepare for tests next month.
24. A genre of writing that focuses on the life of a real person, written by someone else or by the person themselves.
25. Stories that are made up and include ideas that could not happen in real life, often involving magical or supernatural elements, such as talking animals.
26. Stories that often take place in the future and can be amount imaginary new science and inventions such as spaceships, time machines, and robots. Also included is dystopian, bleak outlooks of the future.
27. What's special about a reflection essay?
28. This genre represents reality by portraying mundane, everyday experiences as they are in real life. It depicts familiar people, places, and stories.
29. Key words used in expository writing include
30. ..... is literature created from the imagination, not presented as fact, though it may be based on a true story or situation. Types of literature include the novel, short story and novella.
31. Which type of writing puts a strong focus on the author's personal feelings and experiences?
32. A genre that often includes elements of the supernatural and aims to frighten the audience is called what?
33. These stories are about a relationship between two people. Usually, the author keeps the two main characters apart for most of the story, but they do eventually end up together. However, even if they end up together it could still end in tragedy.
34. I was rudely awoken this morning by a loud bang. I dragged myself out of bed to investigate and pushed open my bedroom door. There in front of me, with big, guilty eyes, was my cat, Tom.
35. Which genre should include intensifiers (adjectives and adverbs)?
36. When revising the writer should be
37. A genre of writing that focuses on factual information and real events, often used to inform or educate the reader.
38. Read the prompt below. Then, choose the genre that matches the prompt.Tell about a time you did something kind for someone or someone did something kind for you.
39. The food looked like a painting on a plate and tasted absolutely delicious, the light crispy bread balanced perfectly with the soft creamy cheese.
40. A story that can actually happen and is true to life but also either takes place in a historical setting or attaches itself to an event in history.
41. Which genre would include a section on recommendations?
42. Testimonies are often linked with:
43. Category of genre where the main emphasis is on humour. It is also said to be one of the oldest genres.
44. Which genre involves sharing personal experiences and insights?
45. If you read a piece that mixes factual information with storytelling, what genre is it likely part of?
46. In argumentative writing the reasons are
47. What is the name of a person who writes a play?
48. Which genre contains sub-headings?
49. Which genre should include a catchy title?
50. Which genre is known for its dramatic and emotional storytelling, often involving serious themes?
51. Which genre is known for its use of rhythm, meter, and often rhyme?
52. What genre of writing would a science report go with?
53. Read the prompt below. Then, choose the genre that matches the prompt. Do you think school uniforms are a good idea or a bad idea? Explain your answer by writing at least three good reasons.
54. Which genre of writing is primarily focused on factual information and aims to educate the reader?
55. Also known as Nonfiction, gives real information about the past, present, and future. Includes an unlimited amount of topics.
56. True narratives stand out because they:
57. Fill in the blank with the best choice:You look ..... in that monkey mask!
58. This genre of literary fiction includes beings and phenomena that are outside the realm of normal scientific understanding of the natural world. Though this genre may include supernaturalist elements, this fiction genre generally includes creatures that have been popularized by folklore, fairy tales, and popular culture, such as fairies, aliens, shapeshifters, and the undead (ghosts, zombies etc.).
59. What makes literary journalism/reportage unique?
60. Stories that could have actually occurred to people or animals in a believable setting. These stories resemble real life, and fictional characters within these stories react similarly to real people.
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