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Myths, Legends, and Folk Tales Test Review
What is dialect?
What is the theme of this clip?
Myths, Legends, and Folk Tales Test Review
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What is the theme of this clip?
True love always finds a way.
Follow your instincts
Treat others the way you would like to be treated.
You must have courage in difficult situations.
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What is dialect?
The technique of giving human characteristics to nonhuman subjects
An exaggeration used for comic effect or to express strong emotion
Expressions that aren’t meant to be taken literally
The language and grammar of a particular region or group
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What is an urban legend?
A form of old folklore consisting of stories rooted in local culture
A form of modern folklore consisting of stories rooted in local culture
A legend that takes place in a city
The story of an urban area
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Fables often feature what type of characters?
People
Animals
Gods
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What is personification?
Expressions that aren’t meant to be taken literally
The technique of giving human characteristics to nonsentient subjects
expressing something so that it is less serious than it actually is
The language and grammar of a particular region or group
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All good stories have a theme.
What is a theme?
What the story is about
What we are supposed to learn
A topic
The message or moral
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Which of the stories that we read would be considered a "Trickster Tale?"
Tom Sawyer
Coyote Steals the Sun and Moon
How the Snake got its Poison
Why the Waves have Whitecaps
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What is an understatement?
expressing something so that it is less serious than it actually is
An exaggeration used for comic effect or to express strong emotion
Everyday conversational language; often includes idioms, slang and dialect
The technique of giving human characteristics to nonsentient subjects
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What does Oral Tradition mean?
stories were shared over time by writing them down
stories were passed down over time by word of mouth
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How are urban legends commonly spread
the internet
word of mouth
books
written dramas
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What is a universal theme?
A theme that can be applied to multiple different cultures and time periods
A theme that can be applied to very difficult texts
A theme that can only be applied to a specific culture and or time period
A theme about the universe
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For what main purpose did ancient people create myths?
To create a body of literature that would stand the test of time
To show that gods and goddesses are nothing like human beings
To give enduring fame to heroes and heroines who contributed to society
To explain natural occurrences or events in the people's history
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What is the purpose of urban legends?
to explain strange events
To express a theme
for entertainment
to tell a funny story
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Why are urban legends called urban legends?
To differentiate them from traditional folklore
Because the stories are larger than life
Because these stories contain gods and goddess
They always take place in an urban setting
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What is the theme of this clip?
You sometimes have to make sacrifices for the ones you love
Nothing in life is guaranteed
Follow your dreams even if others don't believe in you.
Be grateful for what you have
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What is hyperbole?
expressing something so that it is less serious than it actually is
The language and grammar of a particular region or group;
The technique of giving human characteristics to nonhuman subjects
An exaggeration used for comic effect or to express strong emotion
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Which of the following is
not
a theme?
Trust your instincts
Kindness
Power corrupts
Love
