Genre

Question 1

_____ focuses on the mysterious or supernatural, and take place in dark, sometimes exotic, settings.

Answer 1

Gothic

Question 2

_____ This is a genre of fiction. This genre is stories composed in verse or prose, usually for theatrical performance, where conflicts and emotion are expressed through dialogue and action.

Answer 2

Drama

Question 3

____is the forming of mental images with strange or other worldly settings or characters; fiction which invites suspension of reality.

Answer 3

Fantasy

Question 4

A _____________ is a story about supernatural or extraordinary people Usually in the form of narration that demonstrates a useful truth. In Fables, animals often speak as humans that are legendary and supernatural tales.

Answer 4

Fable

Question 5

________are songs, stories, myths, and proverbs of a person of “folk” that was handed down by word of mouth. This is a genre of literature that is widely held, but false and based on unsubstantiated beliefs

Answer 5

Folklore

Question 6

A_________ is a humorous story with blatant exaggerations, swaggering heroes who do the impossible with an here of nonchalance.

Answer 6

Tall-tale

Question 7

_____________is a type of legend or traditional narrative. This is often based in part on historical events, that reveals human behavior and natural phenomena by its symbolism; often pertaining to the actions of the gods. A body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person.

Answer 7

Mythology