This document provides instructions and questions for a literary genre quiz. It tests the user's ability to identify different genres, including fiction genres like fantasy, poetry, and fables, as well as nonfiction. The quiz provides feedback and explanations for each question to help the user learn.

1. Literary Genre Quiz Directions: For each question, click the button next to the correct answer, and follow the prompts. You must use your mouse and not your keypad to navigate through the quiz. Click anywhere on this slide to begin the quiz. Click here to return to portfolio home.

2. 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? poetry nonfiction fable fantasy drama A B C D E

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

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

6. 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 A B C D E

7. 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 A B

8. 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 A B

9. 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 People’s Science Encyclopedia A B

10. 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 A B

11. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

12. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

13. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

14. 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.

15. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

16. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

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18. 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. Click the green button to go on.

19. 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.

20. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

21. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

22. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

23. 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. Click the green button to go to the next question.

24. 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.

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. 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.

28. 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.

29. 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.

30. 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.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. 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.

34. Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information. There is another choice that would best answer this question. Click the button to try again.

35. Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information. There is another choice that would best answer this question. Click the button to try again.

36. Nonfiction (or informational) texts provide factual information. There is another choice that would best answer this question. Click the button to try again.

37. 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.

38. 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.

39. 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.