Literary Genre Quiz

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Literary Genre Quiz

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• Mas flowers pulled themselves up by their roots
  and crawled under the porch looking for shade.
• What genre best describes this type of story?
• poetry
• nonfiction
• fable
• fantasy
• drama

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2.There are nine planets in the solar
system. What genre best describes this type of
story? poetry nonfiction fable
fantasy drama
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B
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3. Some slide Some glide Some bide
their time What genre best describes this type of
story? poetry nonfiction fable
fantasy drama
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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? poetry nonfiction fable
fantasy drama
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B
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5. Select the book that BEST serves the following
purpose A source that will help you learn how
to solve problems. Encyclopedia Brown Boy
Detective The Big Book of Jokes
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B
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6. Select the book that BEST serves the following
purpose A book for finding how to do
something Seven Simple Steps to Being a
Soccer Player Mouse Soup
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B
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7. Select the book that BEST serves the following
purpose A book for understanding the
difference between physical and chemical
changes. Changes in Weather Cycles Young
Peoples Science Encyclopedia
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B
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8. Select the book that BEST serves the following
purpose A book for interpreting a chart
comparing biomes The Sonoran Desert of
Arizona Polar Regions and Rain Forests
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B
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Thats 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 doesnt help you solve a
problem. Click the green button to go to the next
question.
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The Big Book of Jokes is a joke book. Reading
jokes doesnt help you solve a problem. Encycloped
ia 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. Click the green
button to go to the next question.
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Thats 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. Click the
green button to go to the next question.
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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. Click the green button to go to the next
question.
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Thats right! Young Peoples 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 wouldnt be the BEST
source for this question, because it is about the
science of meteorology. Click the green button
to go to the next question.
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Changes in Weather Cycles is about a scientific
topic, but it wouldnt be the BEST source for
this question, because it is about the science of
meteorology. Young Peoples 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. Click
the green button to go to the next question.
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Thats 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. Click the green
button to go on.
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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.
Click the green button to go on.
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Thats 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. Click the green button to go
to the next question.
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Thats 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. Click the green button to go to
the next question.
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Thats 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. Click the green button to go to the
next question.
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Thats 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. Click the green
button to go to the next question.
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Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements
that are not realistic, like magical powers,
superhuman characters, or plants or animals that
act like people. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements
that are not realistic, like magical powers,
superhuman characters, or plants or animals that
act like people. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Fantasy stories have characteristics or elements
that are not realistic, like magical powers,
superhuman characters, or plants or animals that
act like people. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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A drama is a written work that tells a story
through action and speech and is meant to be
acted on stage. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Fables are short fiction stories intended to
teach a lesson. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Fables are short fiction stories intended to
teach a lesson. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Fables are short fiction stories intended to
teach a lesson. There is another choice that
would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide
factual information. There is another choice
that would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide
factual information. There is another choice
that would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide
factual information. There is another choice
that would best answer this question. Click the
button to try again.
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Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm
and rhyme. There is another choice that would
best answer this question. Click the button to
try again.
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Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm
and rhyme. There is another choice that would
best answer this question. Click the button to
try again.
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Poetry is verse that is often written in rhythm
and rhyme. There is another choice that would
best answer this question. Click the button to
try again.