Question

Text’s genre is determined by the __________.

length of the piece of writing
time period of the writing
author’s reputation and bias
traits it has in common with other works

Answer 1

✡ Answer: D. Traits it has in common with other works ✡

- - Why?
This is because the text's genre is determined by the
traits it has in common with other works, as stated in the answer choices.

✡Hope this helps!✡

Answer 2

The genre is a characteristics of the text; for example Drama, Epic, Novel, Satire are all genres. A short story is also a genre: so a genre can also for example be distinguished by length.

But the most general way of describing genre is it's general traits, for example in comparison to other works, so the correct answer is traits it has in common with other works