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Traditional Literature Quiz 2 (60 MCQs)

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1. Starts with "Once upon a time" ?
2. A genre of reading that contains myths, legends, tall tales, fairy tales, folktales, and fables
3. What category of Traditional Literature is an ancient story?
4. Name the type of sentence. The flowers danced in the wind.
5. This story begins with "Once upon a time" with a king, queen and takes place in a castle.
6. Name the type of sentence. The car coughed up the hill.
7. Tall Tales were often told by .....
8. Which genre teaches a moral at the end?
9. A ..... helps organize a play and acts as the "chapter" .
10. A story that was created to explain a mystery of the universe and usually features gods and goddesses is called a .....
11. Myths are stories that usually include
12. A short composition written for scholarly purposes and provides factual information backed by evidence
13. Which is an example of a myth?
14. A moral is .....
15. People have told stories (folklore) since the beginning of .....
16. Traditional Literature includes ALL of the following characteristics EXCEPT
17. Which of one the following will 1st graders be learning about during this unit?
18. Why did Daedalus have "misgivings" while watching Icarus fly?
19. Most books from the genre of traditional literature have the words ..... next to the author's name.
20. Definition:Stories based on tradition to explain how the work and humankind came to be
21. What are fictional stories passed down from generation to generation and told by people from all cultures?
22. What best describes the setting of a Tall Tale?
23. Which types of folktale have an explanation of how something came to be?
24. What is another name for the lesson or moral of a story?
25. Which is NOT an example of a Traditional Literature story?
26. Has a castle and royalty likes queens, kings, princesses etc.
27. The broad idea/message that is found in different times, places, and cultures.
28. Myth, legends, fairy tales, and tall tales are all a common type of what category?
29. Provides what the actors are to do and how the stage is to be set up.
30. Fables are stories that
31. Definition:Stories that are related as facts to explain historical events and describe historical figures from a specific time and place.
32. Has good characters versus evil characters.
33. What are legends?
34. An example of a Legend is
35. An example of fairy tale is:
36. There are ..... types of traditional literature.
37. A ..... is a fictional story that stretches the truth (exaggeration); characters have super-human abilities.
38. "Trickster" tales usually feature what type of character?
39. Examples:Venus, Zeus, Thor, Persephone
40. Which genre usually has no known author and is passed down by word of mouth (oral tradition? )
41. A story that is very difficult to believe:a greatly exaggerated story
42. Examples:Cinderella, Snow White, The Little Mermaid, Jack and the Beanstalk
43. To think of or describe something as larger or greater than it really is
44. The main character in a story involved in the main conflict.
45. What are the five elements found in a story?
46. What category explains natural phenomena (nature)?
47. The series of events in a story is known as the .....
48. How do you know that The Lion and the Mouse is a fable?
49. What type of Folktales have gods and goddesses?
50. Definition:Stories passed down orally from one generation to the next by different cultural groups.
51. Examples of this type of traditional literature are:Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, and Johnny Appleseed.
52. Which type of Traditional Literature tries to explain the beginnings of the world, nature, or natural phenomena?
53. What is the moral of Arachne?
54. Legends are found in all cultures and passed on through oral storytelling.
55. Traditional Literature's main purposes were to .....
56. This type of story often develops from a real historical person or event, but takes on fictional elements and is exaggerated as it gets passed along?
57. Examples:Robin Hood, King Arthur, John Henry
58. The reader can conclude that Marmoset-
59. Statement that is very exaggerated
60. What are the 4 story elements of folktales?
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