GENRES 1
GENRES 2
FORMS 1
FORMS 2
DEFINITIONS
100
This genre of writing uses precise language, sensory details and rhyme.
What is poetry?
100
This writing is about imagined people, places, or ideas.
What is fiction narration?
100
This is a form of fiction narration where imagined people are put in a real place or event from history.
What is historical fiction?
100
Notes and letters to yourself that are kept for personal reasons are examples of this form of nonfiction narrative writing.
What is diary or journal entries?
100
This is a category of writing.
What is genre?
200
This genre of writing is based on factual information from outside sources.
What is research writing?
200
This genre uses characters, setting, plot, themes, and sequence of events.
What is fiction narration?
200
This form of writing is an overview of a person's work history and is part of the workplace writing genre.
What is a resume?
200
A blog is an example of this type of writing.
What is nonfiction narrative?
200
This is a subcategory of writing in which the types of writing share the same characteristics as the genre and have a few unique characteristics of their own.
What is form?
300
This kind of writing seeks to communicate ideas and information to a specific audience for a specific purpose.
What is exposition?
300
This type of writing aims to influence the attitudes or actions of the reader.
What is persuasive writing?
300
A letter to the editor is a form of this genre of writing.
What is persuasive writing?
300
This form of writing examines the similarities and differences between two or more things.
What is a compare-and-contrast essay?
300
This is a short statement that tells the main idea or claim of your paper.
What is a thesis statment?
400
This genre is about real people, events, and ideas.
What is nonfiction?
400
This is a new genre that has come about due to technology.
What is writing for the media?
400
On-demand writing, like a test question prompt, is a form of this genre of writing.
What is exposition?
400
This is a common form of writing that you see on TV during almost every show you watch.
What is advertisement?
400
This is a list of resources that were used to write a research paper and is included at the end of the paper.
What is a bibliography?
500
This writing is done on the job, usually in an office setting.
What is workplace writing?
500
This type of writing analyzes and interprets another author's works.
What is response to literature?
500
An autobiography is a form of this genre of writing.
What is nonfiction narrative?
500
Writing a script for a video game is a form of this genre of writing.
What is writing for the media?
500
This is a form of lyric poetry that expresses the poet's emotions toward someone or something, usually about feelings of love.
What is a ballad?
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