Identification Quiz: Conventional and 21st Century Literary Genres

Instructions: Identify the correct literary genre based on the given descriptions.

1. This literary genre is created from imagination and includes novels, short stories, and
novellas.

2. A form of literature that uses rhythmic and sound-based language to evoke emotions. It
often employs meter and rhyme.

3. A literary work presented in dialogue or pantomime, often meant to be performed on

stage.

4. This type of literature is based on facts and aims to inform or persuade, including
biographies, magazine articles, and textbooks.

5. A type of 21st-century literature that combines book, movie, and internet elements,
requiring engagement in all three media to experience the full story.

6. A literary form that uses a comic book style to narrate a story, including both fiction and
non-fiction works.

7. A type of 21st-century fiction where doodles and handwritten graphics replace

traditional fonts, often adding humor to the story.

8. A writing style that simulates social media conversations, emails, or instant messaging to
tell a story.

9. A genre of speculative fiction that explores futuristic science, space travel, time travel,
and parallel universes.

10. A type of flash fiction that contains only six words, originally attributed to Ernest
Hemingway’s famous example: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."

Identify the critical approach being described in each statement.

11. This approach examines how economic and political elements shape literature, often
highlighting class struggles and power dynamics.
12. This approach focuses on the reader’s interpretation and response, emphasizing that
meaning is created through the act of reading.
13. This approach analyzes how sexual identity influences literature, particularly in the
portrayal of men and women in society.
14. This approach considers the historical, social, and cultural context of a literary work,
aiming to understand its impact on its original audience.
15. This approach focuses on the structure and patterns in a text, believing that meaning is
found in the relationships between its elements rather than in isolation.
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Identification Quiz: Conventional and 21st Century Literary Genres

Instructions: Identify the correct literary genre based on the given descriptions.

1. This literary genre is created from imagination and includes novels, short stories, and
novellas.
Answer: Fiction

2. A form of literature that uses rhythmic and sound-based language to evoke emotions. It
often employs meter and rhyme.
Answer: Poetry

3. A literary work presented in dialogue or pantomime, often meant to be performed on

stage.
Answer: Drama

4. This type of literature is based on facts and aims to inform or persuade, including
biographies, magazine articles, and textbooks.
Answer: Non-Fiction

5. A type of 21st-century literature that combines book, movie, and internet elements,
requiring engagement in all three media to experience the full story.
Answer: Digi-Fiction

6. A literary form that uses a comic book style to narrate a story, including both fiction and
non-fiction works.
Answer: Graphic Novel

7. A type of 21st-century fiction where doodles and handwritten graphics replace

traditional fonts, often adding humor to the story.
Answer: Doodle Fiction

8. A writing style that simulates social media conversations, emails, or instant messaging to
tell a story.
Answer: Text-talk novel

9. A genre of speculative fiction that explores futuristic science, space travel, time travel,
and parallel universes.
Answer: Science Fiction/Sci-Fi

10. A type of flash fiction that contains only six words, originally attributed to Ernest
Hemingway’s famous example: "For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
Answer: Six-Word Flash Fiction
11. Marxist Criticism – This approach examines how economic and political elements
shape literature, often highlighting class struggles and power dynamics.
12. Reader-Response Criticism – This approach focuses on the reader’s interpretation and
response, emphasizing that meaning is created through the act of reading.
13. Gender Criticism (Feminist Criticism) – This approach analyzes how sexual identity
influences literature, particularly in the portrayal of men and women in society.
14. Historical Criticism – This approach considers the historical, social, and cultural context
of a literary work, aiming to understand its impact on its original audience.
15. Structuralism – This approach focuses on the structure and patterns in a text, believing
that meaning is found in the relationships between its elements rather than in isolation.
16. Structuralism – This approach focuses on the structure and patterns in a text, believing
that meaning is found in the relationships between its elements rather than in isolation.

17. Formalist Criticism – This approach treats a literary work as an independent piece of art,
analyzing elements such as style, structure, tone, and imagery.

18. Media Criticism – This approach evaluates how media influences society, including
biases in reporting and the portrayal of information.

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Identification Quiz

Identify the critical approach being described in each statement.

1. Marxist Criticism – This approach examines how economic and political elements shape
literature, often highlighting class struggles and power dynamics.

2. Reader-Response Criticism – This approach focuses on the reader’s interpretation and

response, emphasizing that meaning is created through the act of reading.

3. Gender Criticism (Feminist Criticism) – This approach analyzes how sexual identity
influences literature, particularly in the portrayal of men and women in society.

4. Historical Criticism – This approach considers the historical, social, and cultural context
of a literary work, aiming to understand its impact on its original audience.

5. Structuralism – This approach focuses on the structure and patterns in a text, believing
that meaning is found in the relationships between its elements rather than in isolation.

6. Formalist Criticism – This approach treats a literary work as an independent piece of art,
analyzing elements such as style, structure, tone, and imagery.

7. Media Criticism – This approach evaluates how media influences society, including
biases in reporting and the portrayal of information.

8. Psychoanalytic Criticism – This approach applies psychological theories, particularly

those of Freud, to analyze characters’ motivations, desires, and subconscious influences.

9. Deconstruction – This approach questions traditional assumptions about certainty,

identity, and truth, arguing that meaning is unstable and language is open to multiple
interpretations.

10. Postcolonial Criticism – This approach examines literature from previously colonized
nations, focusing on issues of identity, oppression, and resistance against colonial
influences.
1. This approach examines how economic and political elements shape literature, often
highlighting class struggles and power dynamics.
2. This approach focuses on the reader’s interpretation and response, emphasizing that
meaning is created through the act of reading.
3. This approach analyzes how sexual identity influences literature, particularly in the
portrayal of men and women in society.
4. This approach considers the historical, social, and cultural context of a literary work,
aiming to understand its impact on its original audience.
5. This approach focuses on the structure and patterns in a text, believing that meaning is
found in the relationships between its elements rather than in isolation.
6. This approach treats a literary work as an independent piece of art, analyzing elements
such as style, structure, tone, and imagery.
7. This approach evaluates how media influences society, including biases in reporting and
the portrayal of information.
 1. Marxist Criticism –
2. Reader-Response Criticism –
3. Gender Criticism (Feminist Criticism
4. Historical Criticism
5. Structuralism
6. Formalist Criticism
7. Media Criticism

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