stories that have been passed down for generations by word of mouth.
What are Folk tales?
100
Explain:The one who has not made the journey calls it an easy one...
People who do not perform or experience something difficult do not appreciate its difficulties; people who do not experience something do not understand it.
100
Language used to create word pictures by appealing to one or more of the five senses.
What is imagery?
100
"sweeter than honey, than drippings of the comb"
What is an example of imagery from Psalm 19?
100
aphorisms, personification, and metaphors
What are tools of didactic literature?
200
riddles, jokes, fairy tales
What are differnt types of folk lore?
200
Explain: You cannot chase two gazelles.
You must choose to focus on one thing; You cannot serve two masters
200
A short clever saying that teachs a lesson.
What is a Proverb?
200
the number of nights a newly married princess told the King a story to stay alive.
What is The Thousand and One Nights
200
A jinnee emerges from the bottle.
What supernatural element occurs when the fisherman pulls a bottle from the sea?
300
Characters who possess one or two main traits, a clear separation between good and eveil, magical or supernatural characters
What do folk tales include?
300
Explain: Rain beats a leopard's skin, but it does not wash out the spots...
People do not change.
300
the use of strongly contrasting language, images, or ideas
What is antithesis?
300
Explain an event or belief, encourage/discourage certain behaviors, teach a lesson or moral.
What are one of three things that folk lore does?
300
Fables, Folktales and Proverbs
What are 3 types of didactic literature?
400
the trickster
What is an example of a well known type of character in folklore or fable?
400
3 counsels, or bits of advice.
What will the bird give his captor if the man sets the bird free?
(The Counsels of the Bird)
400
any material in culture that circulates traditionally among memebrs of any group, whether in oral form, text, and even performance.
What is Folklore?
400
Tell us what this means:
To give counsel to a sleepy ignoramous
Is to sow seeds upon salt land
Giving advice to someone who does not care or pay attention is as productive as trying to grow on brren land.
400
"Spare me, mighty jinnee, and Allah will spare you; kill me, and so shall Allah detroy you!"
What is the phrase that is said in all 3 stories from The Fisherman and the Jinnee?
500
The lion shows impatience, pride and anger.
What human flaws does Numskull show when going to attack the "other lion"
500
Explain: Daring talk is not strength...
Arrogant talk does not make you wise or strong.
500
stories-within-a-story
What is a framed story?
500
Balsams and elixris into the polo-stick to cure the kind of leprosy.
What does the doctor pour into the hollow polo-stick?
500
a collection of Indian animal fables that was intended to teach Indian princes how to govern a kingdom.