Question

genre test
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class:
use the following word bank and write the correct word in the blank next to the correct definition:
realistic fiction (rf) fantasy (f) informational(info) poetry(p) historical fiction (hf)
traditional literature(tl) science fiction(sf) biography(bio) autobiography(ab)
mystery (m)

1. a story including elements that are impossible such as talking animals or magical powers. make - believe is what this genre is all about.
2. the story of a real persons life that is written by that person.
3. a type of fantasy that uses science and technology (robots, time machines, etc.)
4. verse written to create a response of thought and feeling from the reader. it often uses rhythm and rhyme to help convey its meaning.
5. the story of a real persons life written by another person.
6. stories that are passed down from one group to another in history. this includes folktales, legends, fables, fairy tales, tall tales, and myths from different cultures.
7. a fictional story that takes place in a particular time period in the past. often the setting is real but the characters are made up from the authors imagination.
8. texts that provide facts about a variety of topics (sports, animals, science, history, careers, travel, geography, space, weather, etc.)
9. a suspenseful story about a puzzling event that is not solved until the end of the story.
10. a story using made - up characters that could happen in real life.

read each description and label it using on the genres from the word bank below.
realistic fiction (rf) fantasy (f) informational(info) poetry(p) historical fiction (hf)
traditional literature(tl) science fiction(sf) biography(bio) autobiography(ab)
mystery (m)

1. set in a future in which humanity has been in conflict with an alien race known as the formics (or the pejorative \buggers\), the novel follows the progress of 6 - year - old andrew \ender\ wiggin, a gifted child who was the result of a government program to develop new commanders to help in the fight against the buggers.
2. \its funny how ideas are, in a lot of ways they can say lack robinson, theyve gone and real, real small and then... woop, zoop, sloop... before they could.\ so figures scrappy 10 - year - old philosopher bud---

ot buddy\---caldwell, an orphan on the run from abusive foster homes and hoovervilles in 1930s michigan. and the idea thats planted itself in his head is that herman e. calloway, a standup - bass player for the dusky devastators of the great depression, is his father.

1. a bizarre chain of events begins when sixteen eccentric, game - loving millionaire of samuel w. westings will. and though no one knows why the unlikely people gather for the reading

Explanation:

1. Fantasy (F) as it has impossible elements.
2. Autobiography (AR) as self - written life story.
3. Science Fiction (SF) uses science/tech in fantasy.
4. Poetry (P) creates thought/feeling with rhythm/rhyme.
5. Biography (BIO) written by another.
6. Traditional Literature (TL) passed - down stories.
7. Historical Fiction (HF) set in past.
8. Informational (INFO) provides facts.
9. Mystery (M) has unsolved event.
10. Realistic Fiction (RF) has made - up but real - life characters.
11. Science Fiction (SF) with alien conflict.
12. Realistic Fiction (RF) with real - life like story.
13. Mystery (M) with strange events in will.

Answer:

1. F
2. AR
3. SF
4. P
5. BIO
6. TL
7. HF
8. INFO
9. M
10. RF
11. SF
12. RF
13. M