Hiawatha
Earth on Turtle’s Back
Diction/Syntax/Tone
Theme
100

What does the word “abode” mean

Home

100

What did the woman bring down with her when she fell in the hole?

Seeds / parts of the tree 

100

What is the tone of this sentence?
”I could just feel the eerie tension throughout the haunted house, there were zombies and ghosts everywhere.”

Negative

100

Name a type Of theme

Love, good vs. evil, redemption, redemption, etc.

200

Definition ~ A traditional story that uses supernatural elements to explain natural or social phenomena

Myth

200

Why did the big tree need to be uprooted?

Wife had a dream

200

___ helps establish meaning and tone, or the author’s attitude toward a subject. 

Diction

200

Give me an Example of a culturally specific theme

Day of the dead, St Patrick’s day Ireland, 4th of July America, etc.

300

Name one of the tribes names

Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida, Onondagas, Cayugas 

300

What animal caught the women when she fell from the sky?

Swans 

300

___ is the way that an author arranges words and phrases to form sentences and add emphasis.

Syntax

300

What theme is this literature piece 

“Romeo and Juliet”

Love

400

Why did Hiawatha stay on Earth with the tribes?

To counsel / help put the tribes

400

What was significant about the muskrat

It was a female 

“Women” were one of the Native American’s values

400

___ is the feeling or emotional effect a poem has on readers. 

Mood

400

Ideas that apply to a shared human experience; expressed in many different cultures across different time periods.

Universal theme 

500

Name a skill of one of the tribes

Canoe skill, weapons, knowledge/laws, nourishers/plants, speed

500

Name 3 values from this myth

Women, nature, animals, determination, dreams

500

What is the tone of this sentence?

”I had the best day ever, I laughed, smiled and had fun “

Positive 

500

What is the theme

” 2 people fighting, one is a hero, one is the villa

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Good vs evil

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