1. Literary Genre Quiz
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2. 1.Ma’s flowers pulled themselves up by their
roots and crawled under the porch looking
for shade.
What genre best describes this type of story?
A poetry
B nonfiction
C fable
D fantasy
E drama

3. 2.There are nine planets in the solar system.
What genre best describes this type of story?
A poetry
B nonfiction
C fable
D fantasy
E drama

4. 3. Some slide
Some glide
Some bide their time
What genre best describes this type of story?
A poetry
B nonfiction
C fable
D fantasy
E drama

5. 4. The moral of the story is – you should be
careful what you wish for, because you
may get it.
What genre best describes this type of story?
A poetry
B nonfiction
C fable
D fantasy
E drama

6. 5. Select the book that BEST serves the
following purpose:
A source that will help you learn how to
solve problems.
A Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective
B The Big Book of Jokes

7. 6. Select the book that BEST serves the
following purpose:
A book for finding how to do something
A Seven Simple Steps to Being a
Soccer Player
B Mouse Soup

8. 7. Select the book that BEST serves the
following purpose:
A book for understanding the difference
between physical and chemical changes.
A Changes in Weather Cycles
B Young People’s Science Encyclopedia

9. 8. Select the book that BEST serves the
following purpose:
A book for interpreting a chart comparing
biomes
A The Sonoran Desert of Arizona
B Polar Regions and Rain Forests

10. That’s right! Encyclopedia Brown: Boy
Detective, could be used as a source that will
help you learn how to solve problems.
The character, Encyclopedia Brown, solves a
series of problems in the book. By reading
the book, you could find out how he does it.
The Big Book of Jokes is a joke book. Reading
jokes doesn’t help you solve a problem.
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11. The Big Book of Jokes is a joke book. Reading
jokes doesn’t help you solve a problem.
Encyclopedia Brown: Boy Detective is the
CORRECT ANSWER, because it could be
used as a source that will help you learn how
to solve problems.
The character, Encyclopedia Brown, solves a
series of problems in the book. By reading
the book, you could find out how he does it.
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12. That’s right! Seven Simple Steps to Being a
Soccer Player would help you find how to do
something- it would help you find out how to
be a soccer player.
Mouse Soup does not contain information on
how to do something.
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13. Mouse Soup does not contain information
about solving problems.
Seven Simple Steps to Being a Soccer Player is
the CORRECT ANSWER, because it would
help you find out how to be a soccer player.
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14. That’s right! Young People’s Science
Encyclopedia would help you understand the
difference between physical and chemical
changes. You could use it to learn the
scientific principles behind the changes.
Changes in Weather Cycles is about a scientific
topic, but it wouldn’t be the BEST source for
this question, because it is about the science
of meteorology.
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15. Changes in Weather Cycles is about a
scientific topic, but it wouldn’t be the BEST
source for this question, because it is about
the science of meteorology.
Young People’s Science Encyclopedia is the
CORRECT ANSWER. It would help you
understand the difference between physical
and chemical changes. You could use it to
learn the scientific principles behind the
changes.
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17. That’s right! Polar Regions and Rain Forests
would be a good source to compare
information about two biomes- polar regions
and rain forests.
The Sonoran Desert of Arizona is about a
biome, but it is only about one biome.
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18. The Sonoran Desert of Arizona is about a
biome, but it is only about one biome.
Polar Regions and Rain Forests is the
CORRECT ANSWER, because it would be a
good source to compare information about
two biomes- polar regions and rain forests.
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19. That’s right! Fantasy stories have
characteristics or elements that are not
realistic, like magical powers, superhuman
characters, or plants or animals that act like
people In this question, the flowers are
acting like human beings.
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20. That’s right! Nonfiction (or informational)
texts provide factual information. In this
question, a text that provides factual
information about the nine planets in the
solar system would be a nonfiction text.
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21. That’s right! Poetry is verse that is often
written in rhythm and rhyme.
Some slide
Some glide
Some bide their time
This passage uses rhyming words and has a
rhythm when you read it.
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22. That’s right! Fables are short fiction
stories intended to teach a lesson.
The statement from the question was, “The
moral of the story is – you should be careful
what you wish for, because you may get it.”
This sentence is intended to teach the
reader something.
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23. Fantasy stories have characteristics or
elements that are not realistic, like magical
powers, superhuman characters, or plants or
animals that act like people.
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24. Fantasy stories have characteristics or
elements that are not realistic, like magical
powers, superhuman characters, or plants or
animals that act like people.
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25. Fantasy stories have characteristics or
elements that are not realistic, like magical
powers, superhuman characters, or plants or
animals that act like people.
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26. A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage.
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27. A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage.
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28. A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage.
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29. A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage.
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30. Fables are short fiction stories intended to
teach a lesson.
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31. Fables are short fiction stories intended to
teach a lesson.
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32. Fables are short fiction stories intended to
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33. Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide
factual information.
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34. Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide
factual information.
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35. Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide
factual information.
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36. Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm
and rhyme.
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37. Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm
and rhyme.
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38. Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm
and rhyme.
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