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Whitfield's ?s
100
What is a homonym?
Sounds the same and spelled the same, but has different meanings.
100
Is a tall tale fiction or nonfiction?
fiction
100
What does conflict mean?
problem that is happening
100
Name three features of a tall tale.
humorous, has conflict, exaggeration, characters are larger than life, etc.
100
Johnny Appleseed playing with a family of bears is an example of what literary term?
Hyperbole
200
What does plentiful mean?
To have a lot of something
200
Name a hyperbole from Kumak's Fish
the hundreds of fish coming out of the hole, the fish holding on to each other, etc.
200
Name two features of narrative poetry
tells a story, has rhyme, meter, rhythym
200
Which genre includes explanations for things that happen in nature.
Myth
200
Which genre's plot contains a lot of action?
Tall Tale
300
What lesson did Charlie McButton learn?
That he could play with his sister and spend time with her
300
What was the moral of the Two Bad Ants?
It is better to stay with the group and not be greedy.
300
What is a hyperbole?
An exaggeration
300
List three features of a fable
characters are simple, very short, teaches a lesson
300
How did Echo get her name?
Because she was cursed by Juno, queen of the Gods.
400
What kind of person was Johnny?
brave, nature-loving, adventurous, kind
400
What is a narcissist?
A person that loves himself.
400
What character was covetous?
King Midas
400
Why did Echo die?
Because Narcissus broke her heart or did not return her love
400
Name two things Langston Hughes compared a Dream to in "A Dream Deferred."
raisin, bomb, sore, sweet, heavy load
500
Tall tales are normally told in _____________.
Sequence or order
500
How did Narcissus die?
He drowned.
500
What does defer mean?
To put off.
500
What is a willow?
A tree or bush with thin branches that bends easily
500
Setting includes two things....what are they?
Time and place
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